the best committee's a committee of one!
there is nothing sorer to the spirit than falling below what one's lover thinks of one.
does one ever say the same thing in the same way to two different people?
The lesser evil is also evil.
Of course there were areas of safety; nothing could get at me if I curled up on my father's lap, holding his ear with one thumb tucked into it... All about him was safe.
I read a lot of archaeology and early history in a general way, not thinking particularly of this book, and this provided me with the background. It showed me how, possibly, the people lived back then.