"Everything you've done is commendable," he says. "You did the right thing to go back to school. You tried to do the right thing by finding yourself a normal friend like Marilyn. But your whole life you've made one mistake-- you've surrounded yourself with men. Let me tell you something. All men-- if they're crazy, like Tucker, if they're gay as the Queen of May, like Reddy Fox, even if they're just six years old-- I'm going to tell you something about them. Men think they're Spider-Man and Buck Rogers and Superman. You know what we all feel inside that you don't feel? That we're going to be stars."~ Ann Beattie, "The Burning House"
