Being Reviewed Is Being Condescended To By

Dan Suggested To Owen And Me That We Were Better Off To Not Involve Ourselves With Hester. How True! But How We Wanted To Be Involved In The Thrilling Real-life Sleaziness That We Suspected Hester Was In The Thick-of. We Were In A Phase, Through Television And The Movies, Of Living Only Vicariously. Even Faintly Sordid Silliness Excited Us If It Put Us In Contact With Love.

My Old Coach Used To Say That If You Were In It For The Match, If You Were In It For The Trophies, You Were In It For The Wrong Reasons.

There Is No Straightforward Negotiation With A Four Year Old.

And Never Forget, There Is Memory.

A Personal Injustice Is Stronger Motivation Than Any Instinct For Philanthropy.