Bel Kaufman Quote

Paul asks how I would have handled a love letter from a student. I don't know — by talking, maybe, by listening. I don't know.
How sad that we don't hear each other — any of us.
Major issues are submerged by minor ones; catastrophes by absurdities.

Part VIII, ch. 39 (Sylvia Barrett) - Up the Down Staircase (1965)