“She told us that men were rarely truly kind, but they were often funny, which is better. ‘You do well top prepare yourselves for disappointment’ she said, ‘in your dealings with men. Women are on the whole much stronger, usually cleverer’ she said, ‘but less funny, which is a shame. Have babies, if you can’ she said ’because you’ll be good at it.”

“She told us that men were rarely truly kind, but they were often funny, which is better. ‘You do well top prepare yourselves for disappointment’ she said, ‘in your dealings with men. Women are on the whole much stronger, usually cleverer’ she said, ‘but less funny, which is a shame. Have babies, if you can’ she said ’because you’ll be good at it.”

— Max Porter