Everyone has two memories. The one you can tell and the one that is stuck to the underside of that, the dark, tarry smear of what happened.

Amy Bloom

Sometimes we must walk into the darkness in order to understand what light really is.

Mike Bayer

I was walking my dog when I came up behind a young woman with a double pushchair (one of those where the kids sit side by side) which contained what was obviously twins.

Enter a 30 something jogger in pristine white track suit and expensive trainers who snarled at her to “Get yer bloody brood out of the way! You’re blocking the footpath.”

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