Cecily: They are singing opera and playing the piano next door, and I wonder if I am living next door to myself.
books
Two friends, on gifts.
Charles: Has my parcel arrived?
Cecily: It has not. Believe me, when it does, you will know about it. I will be so excited.
Charles: But you don’t even know what it is yet.
Cecily: I assume you only ever gift great books and letters.
Charles: Not untrue.
Alexander, on rereading.
Alexander: I just finished my annual rereading of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. This time, it broke my heart more than usual.