# Quote — David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day

> In other parts of the country people tried to stay together for the sake of the children. In New York they tried to work things out for the sake of the apartment.

- Author: [David Sedaris](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-sedaris.md)
- Book: [Me Talk Pretty One Day](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-sedaris/me-talk-pretty-one-day.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Sedaris#Me_Talk_Pretty_One_Day_(2000)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-sedaris/me-talk-pretty-one-day/in-other-parts

## More from this book

> If cooking is an art, I think we're in our Dada phase.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-sedaris/me-talk-pretty-one-day/if-cooking-is-an-art.md)

> For the first twenty years of my life I rocked myself to sleep. It was a harmless enough hobby, but eventually I had to give it up. Throughout the next twenty-two years I lay still and discovered that after a few minutes I could drop off with no problem. Follow seven beers with a couple of scotches and a thimble of good marijuana, and it's funny how sleep just sort of comes on its own. Often I never even make it to bed. I'd squat down to pet the cat and wake up on the floor eight hours later, having lost a perfectly good excuse to change my clothes. I'm now told that this is not called "going to sleep" but rather "passing out," a phrase that carries a distinct hint of judgment.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-sedaris/me-talk-pretty-one-day/for-the-first.md)

> Friends always say, "How can you eat those? I read in the paper that they're made from hog's lips."
>
> "And...?"
>
> "And hearts and eyelids."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-sedaris/me-talk-pretty-one-day/friends-always-say.md)