And my mother said-and I remember this as if it were yesterday-my mother with a washcloth in her hand and me standing at the sink, she said, "You must have said something to get them angry." (Harlan Ellison)

And my mother said-and I remember this as if it were yesterday-my mother with a washcloth in her hand and me standing at the sink, she said, "You must have said something to get them angry."

Harlan Ellison

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