March 30th, 2006, 12:43 pm

Quoted: M.F.K. Fisher

My hero, M.F.K. Fisher, on making friends, being social, and enjoying life:

… One time in college I actually found myself dancing around a Maypole, in honor of mothers of prospective students. By then I knew that I was mentally a dormant laggard, and I felt desperate about it, silently screaming to escape the trap I had helped build for myself. I managed to, with inadvertent help, and by now I know who my real teachers were, at least.

- “Dance of the Slow Learner,” Among Friends, first published in 1971