“Hugh and I have been together for so long
that in order to arouse extraordinary passion,
we need to engage in physical combat.
Once, he hit me on the back of the head
with a broken wineglass,
and I fell to the floor pretending to be unconscious.
That was romantic, or would have been
had he rushed to my side rather than
stepping over my body to fetch the dustpan.”
~ David Sedaris, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim