Broken-hearted old goats

[pjthompson]

Random quote of the day:


"I was so angry at the election of Eisenhower in 1952 that I went to a party up the road and simulated drunkenness in order to behave badly. The hostess was a Democrat who had voted for that old goat, and that was what I couldn't bear. I used gross language, I believe I brought the children to the head of the stairs to listen, and I was treated with such forbearance that I eventually shut up, because, after all, when your heart is broken you might as well."

—William Maxwell in a letter to Sylvia Townsend Warner


(Thanks to mechaieh by way of matociquala.)

Comments

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

you don't usually see the word "simulate" followed by "drunkenness"

[pjthompson]

Yeah, I figure when you're depressed over the election of a Republican administration, go for the real deal.