Being flippant was harder work than being earnest - Kate Atkinson

Just because something bad had happened to her doesn't mean it won't happen again.

I was distracted suddenly from these pleasant thoughts by noticing that, like the eyes in certain portraits, Heather’s nipples seemed to have the uncanny ability to follow you around the room. This is the kind of observation that once made, cannot be unmade. Unfortunately.

you walk into a room and your life ends but you keep on living.