I've learnt to listen. I don't think I always did listen.
Some people will never change.
In my life, I've had estates in Russia, houses in Spain, in Norway, in the deep south of America.
It's true, I've become one of those grumpy older women.
I've had very close relationships with some twentieth-century writers.
People in distress behave in a stressful way. They aren't all sweetness and light. They don't behave well when they are unhappy. That's just what I've observed.