“I understood that the dark side of my middle-class, middle-American, suburban life was not drugs, paganism, or perversion. It was disappointment. There were no gnawing insects beneath the grass. Only dirt. I also knew that trapped inside every defeat is a small victory, and inside that small victory is the Great Defeat.” — John Hughes on writing “Vacation ‘58” which was later adapted to National Lampoon’s Vacation Zoetrope: All-Story: Back Issue (via viafrank)