I was wandering around as usual, in my unpleasantly populated sub-conscious.

Many dogs can understand almost every word humans say, while humans seldom learn to recognize more than half a dozen barks, if that. And barks are only a small part of the dog language. A wagging tail can mean so many things. Humans know that it means a dog is pleased, but not what a dog is saying about his pleasedness.

a loss of sensibility follows a loss of innocence, at once a penalty and a compensation.

And no bathroom on earth will make up for marrying a bearded man you hate.

Am I really admitting that my sister is determined to marry a man she has only seen once and doesn't much like the look of? It is half real and half pretense - and I have an idea that it is a game most girls play when they meet an eligible young men. They just...wonder.

I found it quite easy to carry on a casual conversation it was as if my real feelings were down fathoms deep in my mind and what we said was just a feathery surface spray.

...With stories even a page can take me hours, but the truth seems to flow out as fast as I can get it down.