Me: L? Are you OK?
L: Shhh.
Me (whispers):
L: The world is full of arguing.
Me: It is.
L: So, I am getting some silence.
Me:
L:
Me; I'm interrupting that, aren't I?
L:
Me:
L:
Me: Can I just tell you a Marcus Aurelius quote.
L: Is it about catnip?
Me: No.
L: Mice?
Me: No.
L: Sunny windowsills?
Me: Um, no.
L: It's about humans, isn't it?
Me: Kind of.
L: Yippee, yay ... Get it over with.
Me: He said, "Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.”
L:
Me:
L: Humans are loud.
Me: And self-involved?
L: You said it. Not me.