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I realised that one might love him secretly with no hope of encouragement, which can be very enjoyable for the young or inexperienced
Barbara Pym
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One did not drink sherry before the evening, just as one did not read a novel in the morning
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It seemed so much safer and more comfortable to live in the lives of other people - to observe their joys and sorrows with detachment as if one were watching a film or a play
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The conversation did not go very well and I began telling him about the people with their trays in the great cafeteria and suggesting that it would have done us more good to go there to be put in mind of our own mortality
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But at least it made one realize that life still held infinite possibilities for change
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