The tea was a comfort - and by that time I more than needed comfort.
The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.
Sometimes [the expression] old age has a kind of harrowing beauty. But elderly - ugh!
I wanted so terribly to be good to him.
The Devil's out of fashion.
I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.