“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
Permalink: Robert Fulghum
About this quote
Fulghum opens his book of essays with the question, and answers it in the course of writing about ordinary domestic life rather than in the abstract. The address is friendly rather than commanding, which changes how it lands.
Source: Uh-Oh: Some Observations From Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door