Now let's try to understand that falling into sexual and emotional thrall with an underage blood relative hadn't exactly been on my list of Things to Do while visiting England,but I was coming around to the belief that whether you liked it or not, Things Happen and once they start happening you pretty much just have to hold on for dear life and see where they drop you when they stop.

Life is absolutely horrific, leading up to absolute horror.

A piano might fall on your head, he said, but it also might not. And in the meantime you never know. Something nice might happen.

Fate isn't some middle-aged man with a squint who won't recognize you if you change your clothes.

The soldier had stamped my passport FAMILY in heavy black capital letters and I checked it now for reassurance and because I liked how fierce the word looked

It might go down better than appearing as a giant reptile encased in a ball of fire and forcing yourself on her.' 'WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BRING THAT UP?

Every war has turning points and every person too.