You could not presume that people were healthy. You could not presume that they would welcome the little nudges and jostlings of life. You had to behave as though everyone you met was walking a thin wire far above the earth, where the slightest wind might rock them off their balance and send them tumbling to the ground.


The Truth About Celia (ed. Vintage, 2007) - ISBN: 9780307429476


You could not presume that people were healthy. You could not presume that they would welcome the little nudges and jostlings of life. You had to...

You could not presume that people were healthy. You could not presume that they would welcome the little nudges and jostlings of life. You had to...

You could not presume that people were healthy. You could not presume that they would welcome the little nudges and jostlings of life. You had to...

You could not presume that people were healthy. You could not presume that they would welcome the little nudges and jostlings of life. You had to...