I went away in my head, into a book. That was where I went whenever real life was too hard or too inflexible.

“Cats don't have shoulders, not like people do. But the cat shrugged, in one smo…”

“Nearly' only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades.”

“Nobody will ever hurt her. She’ll just smile her faint vague wonderful smile an…”

“Information and knowledge: two currencies that have never gone out of style.”