"Her declared major had been English literature, but when it seemed to her that her classmates were chiefly concerned with acquiring the sophistication and poise to deal with men, she had no trouble leaving literature for nursing."

-The World According to Garp, John Irving












Being able to to pass hours with people doing seemingly nothing is a wonderful feat. It shows how bonds can form over untouchable things. Put food into the equation and it also becomes more vivid, with memories you can remember with your taste buds and olfactory sensors. I like that.

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"She saw nursing as something that could be put into immediate practice, and its study had no ulterior motive that Jenny could see (later she wrote, in her famous autobiography, that too many nurses put themselves on display for too many doctors; but then her nursing days were over).