Sometimes kindness can be delivered in a clumsy way.

“Why you frettin', Jo? You not sure?"I inhaled my tears in order to speak. "I'm …”

“...we're dealing with two devils who both want to rule hell.”

“We all laced together—a brothel madam, an English professor, a mute cook, a qua…”

“Patrick explained that your father is absent. What about your mother, dear?"Mot…”