... what most people tell you a confidence for is to get something off their chest which hasn't really been on it. They don't necessarily want to hide the truth from you, but they're out to hide it from themselves
Phyllis Bottome... most people are dead, and none of them seem to mind it. One hears a great many complaints about life, doesn't one? And there are people I know who would certainly grumble -- however dead they were -- if there were anything to grumble at.
Phyllis BottomeTime indeed has very little to do with living except at its beginning or near its end.
Phyllis BottomePersonally, I think it's a good way to let a child start right in with the laws of Nature before he's old enough to be surprised at them.
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