adolescence: below 32°F

A friend of Ernest Hemingway said he was frozen in adolescence. Hemingway retorted, "Perhaps adolescence is not such a bad place to be frozen." Speaking as someone who's been frozen in adolescence, I concur.

This explains why I never married, had children, or pursued anything other than writing. It's been the only thing that's held me together all these years. Without writing, I am not me; I would likely not be here to write this. Would I have been happier if I could have put hummus on the table with the proceeds of my writing? Likely, yes, but that's another issue to deconstruct.