Quotes About Responsibility

What if I didn't go to school today, and we did something fun?" Kitty brightens. "Like what?" "Not you. You still have to go to school. I'm basically done. No one cares if I go anymore." "I think Daddy probably cares," Margot says.

Oldest children are always high-achieving bores.

Is your dad home? I'll ask him.

Stormy used to have a saying. Leave with the one you came with, unless he's a drunk--then find your own way home.

She hot-potatoes the phone to me.

scary when it's real. When it's not just thinking about a person, but, like, having a real live person in front of you, with, like, expectations. And wants.

Life is sexist. If you were to get pregnant, you're the one whose life changes. Nothing of significance changes for the boy." -Stormy

Margot is a good girl, and I guess Kitty and I have followed her lead. I've never cheated or gotten drunk or smoked a cigarette or even had a boyfriend.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for people who maintain neutrality in times of crisis.

and you will feel abject regret, and you'll have no one to blame but yourself.

Your mouth is writin' checks your butt can't cash

Mama sewed the hole up straight away. I didn't even know she could sew. I almost didn't trust her with it because she'd had half a bottle of wine with supper, but she did a good job.

it's a lot of responsibility to hold a person's heart in your hands

He was marrying my girl, and I couldn't do anything about it. I just had to watch it happen, because he was my brother, because I promised. Take care of him, Connie. I'm counting on you.

Aku hanya membiarkan orang memercayai apa yang mereka inginkan. Aku tidak berkewajiban menunjukkan diriku pada mereka.

Your mom makes your bed, doesn't she?" I ask him, leaning back against the pillows. "Yes," he says, without an ounce of shame.

So I'm supposed to stay with Josh because of you and Daddy and Kitty?

And never trust the boy to bring the condom. A lady always brings her own.

I wonder what it's like to have that much power over a boy. It's a lot of responsability to hold a person's heart in you hands.

Faithfulness is a social not a biological law.

You'll soon find that doing the right thing is rarely the easy choice. But I promise you'll sleep better at night because of it.

GUY TIP #18: Just because you can urinate anywhere you want doesn't mean you should-even if your aim is so good you can spell out "Red Sox Rule" in capital letters with once taking a break.

A few days later, I yelled at him for losing his new lunch box, and he turned to me and said, Are you sure you're my mother? Sometimes you don't seem like a good enough person. He was just a kid, so I let it go. And now, years later, I probably only think of it, I don't know, once or twice a day.

The days with the baby felt long but there was nothing expansive about them. Caring for her required me to repeat a series of tasks that had the peculiar quality of seeming both urgent and tedious. They cut the day up into little scraps.