Strange about parents. We have such easy access to them and such daunting problems of communication.
The simplest science book is over my head.
Class is classlessness.
At college I'd seen my dead frog's limbs twitch under some applied stimulus or other - seen, but hadn't believed. Didn't dream of thinking beyond or around what I saw.
Before trying a novel I wrote a couple of plays.
In life, there are no perfect affections.