Gossip ... Was Like Any Other Commodity

Children Live In Occupied Territory. The Brave And The Foolhardy Openly Rebel Against Authority, Whether Harsh Or Benign. But Most Tread Warily, Outwardly Accommodating Themselves To Alien Mores And Edicts While Living In Secret Their Iconoclastic And Subversive Lives.

The Most Successful Marriages Were Always Based On Both Partners Feeling That They Had Done Rather Well For Themselves.

He Didn't Want Her; He Wanted Me. Well, You Know How It Is." Dalgliesh Did Know. This, After All, Was The Commonest, The Most Banal Of Personal Tragedies. You Loved Someone. They Didn't Love You. Worse Still, In Defiance Of Their Own Best Interests And To The Destruction Of Your Peace, They Loved Another. What Would Half The World's Poets And Novelists Do Without This Universal Tragicomedy?

If This Were Fiction, Could Even The Most Brilliant Novelist Contrive To Make Credible So Short A Period In Which Pride Had Been Subdued And Prejudice Overcome?

I Can Understand The Poor And Stupid Voting For Marxism Or One Of Its Fashionable Variants. If You've No Hope Of Being Other Than A Slave, You May As Well Opt For The Most Efficient Form Of Slavery.