Sublime

it’s a special kind of person who can get infuriated by someone raising so much cash for victims of domestic abuse. Though, believe me, those very special kinds of people do exist.

accretion

‘Motherhood is an obliteration of the self,’

We hide our dark impulses, we deplete our energy worrying about how we may be perceived; it’s an anxiety that fuels fashion, music and

Michael of course had played lots of cricket when he was a teenager, so there was much to enthuse about, the white running, the flight of a ball, full of chance, the seeking in the arm).

Being able to turn stupidity into cold hard cash did make the whole thing a lot more palatable and less aggravating.

a discomfort with uncertainty that impels a compulsion to explain or account for every mystery under the sun.