I was at a book launch with my pal and fellow publisher Roger on Sunday afternoon at the excellent Women’s Bookshop in Ponsonby, and saw this saying in a book of reflections on quotations by Elizabeth Smither. 1
It’s a sentiment which I have expressed many times over the years, usually in bewildered exasperation — but I’d never sought out the source. (Thanks Elizabeth!)
– P
1 The Commonplace Book of Quotations: A writer’s journey through quotations. AUP.
That is a good one Peter.
One of the reasons that i am so selective regarding who i consider friends or even allow in to my life these days.
Thanks for sharing.
J
Yeah, as my daughter text me the other day: ikr? …
(I know, right?)
– P