Anxious People

Even astonishingly late in life, people seem incapable of considering that their parents might not be super-smart and really funny and immortal. The real estate agent looks at him, and thinks he looks like a person who’s had his sense of humor amputated. Zara wrinkled her nose and the rest of her face followed suit. “People eat pizza with their hands. The opening in the ceiling was so tight that she had only just managed to squeeze through, which of course meant it was far too tight for Lennart not to get stuck, so much so that when he tried to pull himself free, the rabbit’s head finally came loose.