It gets worse when you have a child, because then you can’t just have a banana and a glass of wine for dinner. I mean you could, but you risk having your kid draw you eating a banana and a glass of wine for a school project like mine did.
The kindest thing literature does is remind you that your peculiar little feelings have always existed. Someone, in some century, was equally confused by love, bored by society, tired of performing, and hungry for meaning.
standing in line at self checkout n an older white lady goes “my God you are so stunning” so i immediately start cheesing n then she says “i’m married to a beautiful black woman just like you so when i see a stunning black woman i have to say something” like okay period!