"I grew up in a small apartment that had a real French watercolor painting on the wall, along with two small Dutch oil paintings, a marble bust, a China closet filled with cut glass, and expensive mahogony furniture." (Fragment)
"It occurred to me that another way of telling my story, at least that part of my story that deals with my work-life, is to look back at all my bosses, from first to last."
"Soon after I became involved with Fran (a euphemism for all that takes place before we married), we found ourselves, among other things, comparing our undergraduate college experiences." (Fragment)