Twittering just seemed to be people telling other people what they were doing — getting in the shower, making coffee. Who on earth wanted to know the… - Kate Atkinson

What if this present were the world's last night' she said. 'The word present makes all the difference, don't you think? It makes it seem as if one's somehow in the thick of it, which we are, rather than simply contemplating a theoretical concept.

What if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: “This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more”… Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: “You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine.

You must never believe everything they say about a person. Generally speaking, most of it will be lies, half-truths at best.