"My boredom threshold is low at the best of times but I have spent more time being slowly and excruciatingly bored by children than any other section of the human race."

Next Quote

Widowhood provided Mama with a higher form of being. In refusing to recover from my father's death she had discovered that her life was endowed with a seriousness her years in the kitchen had denied her. She remained devoted to this seriousness for thirty years. She never tired of it, never grew bored or restless in its company, found new ways to keep alive the interest it deserved and had so undeniably earned.

— Vivian Gornick