As she became an adult, whether by intention or instinct, she simply neglected to put her desires on a shelf, and she kept living as she always had, which is to say fully, and without deference to convention.
Kate Bolick, “Spinster”
As she became an adult, whether by intention or instinct, she simply neglected to put her desires on a shelf, and she kept living as she always had, which is to say fully, and without deference to convention.