She tried not to be gloomy at funerals. People lived, and died, and were remembered. It happened in the same way that winter followed summer. It was not a wrong thing. There were tears of course, but they were for those who were left. Those who had gone on did not need them.

“If you put butter and salt on it, it tastes like salty butter.”

“He moved in a way that suggested he was attempting the world speed record for t…”

“I thought we used to kill rats?" he said, as if he wasn't quite certain anymore…”

“They were indeed what was known as 'old money', which meant that it had been ma…”