I suppose it's everyone's fate to be reduced to quaintness by those younger than themselves.

“I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, …”

“Most of us will. We'll choose knowledge no matter what, we'll maim ourselves in…”

“There I am, in the Grade Six class picture, smiling broadly. Happy as a clam, i…”

“Ordinary, said Aunt Lydia, is what you are used to. This may not seem ordinary …”