“I am not too good, that is not the issue, I am only myself, that is all, and I wish that just once, somebody would love me this way, love me exactly as I am.”

Sprawling languidly was one of his favourite activities. That and pushing his dish of pudding aside after two bites and saying, “I couldn’t possibly.”

“You are a man who feels what he feels with good reason. I shall not think less of you for any expression of those feelings.”