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Boston's freeway system is insane. It was clearly designed by a person who had spent his childhood crashing toy trains.

Boston's freeway system is insane. It was clearly designed by a person who had spent his childhood crashing toy trains.

Bill Bryson
Boston, Childhood, Insane
Bill Bryson (1989). “The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America”, p.154, VNR AG

I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted - stay up all night or eat ice-cream straight out of the container.

Bill Bryson
Night, Ice Cream, Childhood
Bill Bryson (1989). “The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America”, p.115, VNR AG

I tell the kids that, even in a childhood marked by despair and deprivation, I knew that no matter what happened, I still had my family, or at least the remnants of a family ripped apart by divorce and then glued back together in various odd arrangements through a series of ill- advised remarriages. It was good to know I had a solid foundation.

Bill Bryson
Kids, Divorce, Childhood

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