Literary Quote or Text from My Mom About Covid-19

Adam Bakst
The Haven
Published in
1 min readApr 24, 2020

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Open Book (source: Public Domain Pictures)

1. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

2. “Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?”

3. “I have extra toilet paper here at the house. Come get some, don’t wait.”

4. “Isolation offered its own form of companionship”

5. “Dr. Faucet [sic] on TV again…great, can’t be good”

6. “Home is the nicest word there is.”

7. “Your father is yawning loudly! It’s too much!”

8. “David invited his friend over! I’m staying in my room! Amazon package came for you”

9. “The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.”

10. “Do you think it is safe to go pick-up chicken wings? Just don’t know”

1. J.R.R. Tolkein, The Fellowship of the Ring

2. Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

3. Mom

4. Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland

5. Mom

6. Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie

7. Mom

8. Mom

9. Ralph Waldo Emerson

10. Mom

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Adam Bakst
The Haven

Adam Bakst is a full-time PR executive, part-time comedy writer and all-around decent guy.