The Folded Clock

Worrying about originality is like worrying about the best place to hang your wall phone.

At a certain point, it seems more polite to just become the person people assume you to be.

since 1582 there have been only 133 reported human deaths caused by a shark. This did not make the kids, nor did it make me, less convinced that we’d be killed by one.

“That’s a cheap shot to call a person lucky,” he said. “Everyone relies on luck to succeed.”

“Children these days have so much attention paid to them that they can’t handle a moment of neglect.”

In telling only the dramatic parts, I’d failed to tell the truth