In making friends, she was wary of people who foster dependency and feed on it. She had been involved with a few--the blind attract them, and they are the enemy.
You would think such a day would tremble to begin . . .
When you feel strain, keep your mouth shut if you can.
God's creatures who cried themselves to sleep stirred to cry again.
Being smart spoils a lot of things, doesn't it?
On a related subject, Signore Pazzi, I must confess to you: I'm giving serious thought to eating your wife.