“an unlovely gaggle of contrary old codgers".”
“We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.”
“That’s the problem with any ‘simple truth’—it always takes a gaggle of complete idiots or a team of all-knowing geniuses to miss it.”
“... a gaggle of old ladies is glued to the window at the end of the hall like children or jailbirds. They're spidery and frail, their hair as fine as mist. Most of them are a good decade younger than me, and this astounds me. Even as your body betrays you, your mind denies it.----There are five of them now, white headed old things huddled together and pointing crooked fingers at the glass.”
“People might think that five-year-olds can't be cruel, but I have some strong evidence to the contrary".”
“A weed is but an unloved flower.”