Friday, November 23, 2018

Quote of the Day (Ann Beattie, on an Airport Experience for Some Women This Weekend)


“After clearing security at the airport, did you remove from the bin your belt, your loose change, the necklace that initially set off the alarm and resulted in your having to step aside to be patted down, your laptop, your folding umbrella, your empty thermos, your jacket, your sweater, your beret, your purse, and the brooch that may have contributed to the necklace’s having set off the alarm that subsequently resulted in your being patted down, forgetting one shoe?” —American short-story writer Ann Beattie, with nearly 25 questions to help “How to Think Through Finding a Lost Shoe,” The New Yorker, Oct. 8, 2018

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