I'm from a time and place where bigheadedness was a really savage crime, and you'd get cut down for it by your peers and parents.
There are so many cities in every single city.
Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.
The rain's innumerable hooves spatter on the streets and roofs.
Probably" is a word with an emergency ejector seat.
A life can get knocked into a new orbit by a car crash, a lottery win or just a bleary-eyed consultant giving bad news in a calm voice.