We must use words as they are used, or stand aside from life.
Magnifying a matter is not the way to mend it.
Pushing forty? She's hanging on for dear life.
If I were not a child with my parents, they would be more unloving toward me.
There is more difference within the sexes than between them.
As regards plot I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. And as I think a plot desirable and almost necessary, I have this extra grudge against life.