I had thought that growing up's consolation was that you could escape from the arbitrariness of things, that somehow one acquired more control. Now you had two numbers until you were ninety-nine. And it wasn't true. Growing up was just more of the same but taller. What happened was all luck. There was no logic.


This Is Not About Me (ed. Granta Books, 2010) - ISBN: 9781847083067

Janice Galloway Quotes

I had thought that growing up's consolation was that you could escape from the arbitrariness of things, that somehow one acquired more control. Now...

I had thought that growing up's consolation was that you could escape from the arbitrariness of things, that somehow one acquired more control. Now...

I had thought that growing up's consolation was that you could escape from the arbitrariness of things, that somehow one acquired more control. Now...

I had thought that growing up's consolation was that you could escape from the arbitrariness of things, that somehow one acquired more control. Now...