“Abbott approaches sleep with an ineffable sense of relief that he did not know, before having a child, what it was like to have a child – did not really know what it was really like – because if he had known before having a child how profoundly strenuous and self-obliterating it is to have a child, he never would have had a child, and then, or now, he would not have this remarkable child.” (18)
“Time has more or less stopped. Abbott’s sweat drips down into the vomit, and he arrives again in paradox. The following propositions are both true: (A) Abbott would not, given the opportunity, change one significant element in his life, but (B) Abbott cannot stand his life.” (53)
“Abbott approaches sleep with an ineffable sense of relief that he did not know, before having a child, what it was like to have a child – did not really know what it was really like – because if he had known before having a child how profoundly strenuous and self-obliterating it is to have a child, he never would have had a child, and then, or now, he would not have this remarkable child.” (18)
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