My mother died happily of a stroke in her seventies.
There was a time when young people respected learning and literature and now they don't.
I am increasingly afflicted by vertigo where words mean nothing
You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.
Parents should leave books lying around marked "forbidden" if they want their children to read.
It is my belief that children are full of understanding and know as much as and more than adults, until they are about seven, when they suddenly become stupid, like adults.