• I despised their antics because I took life seriously and had a much more lofty and tender notion of romance. But I would have liked to get their attention just the same.

    Alice Munro: I despised their antics because I took life seriously and had a much more lofty and tender notion of romance. But I would have liked to get their attention just the same.
    Alice Munro (1999). “The love of a good woman: stories”, Penguin, 1999