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All my life I've been aware of the Second World War humming in the background. I was born 10 years after it was finished, and without ever seeing it. It formed my generation and the world we lived in. I played Hurricanes and Spitfires in the playground, and war films still form the basis of all my moral philosophy. All the men I've ever got to my feet for or called sir had been in the war.
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I don't know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties.
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How long does getting thin take?
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Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.
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The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
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Despair is the central part of the psychopathology. For the handmaiden of gossip is treachery:
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There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
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While gossip among women is universally ridiculed as low and trivial, gossip among men, especially if it is about women, is called theory, or idea, or fact.
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Journalism is often simply the industrialisation of gossip.
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It takes a minute for me to let my guard down, but once I do and I get to know someone, I'm very open, very trusting. Some might say too trusting, because considering the amount of money that can be made from selling gossip, I could be very easily taken advantage of.
