Quotes From "Straight Man" By Richard Russo

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Nor do I want the woman that I’m married to and that I love to leave me, but the thought of her doing so moves me in a way that our growing old together and contentedly slipping, in affectionate tandem, toward the grave does not. Richard Russo
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It’s not an easy time for any parent, this moment when the realization dawns that you’ve given birth to something that will never see things the way you do, despite the fact that it is your living legacy, that it bears your name. Richard Russo
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- You get more misanthropic every day.- I get older every day. My experience of human nature gets wider and deeper. Richard Russo