“For one thing, everyone there is so clever. Do they think me dull?Perhaps I should assure them that our goats enjoyed listening to me for hours on end. I am certain their bleats meant "Do go on, Miri, darling. You are immensely entertaining."Your immensely entertaining sister,Miri”
“Today it’s nice to be able to entertain odd thoughts without having to marry them all. Thank God. I can think whatever the hell I want. Entertaining odd thoughts won’t make you crazy. Refusing to entertain odd thoughts won’t make you well.”
“Tolerate the dull: they too have their story”
“We crept round the corner for the stairs."You will see Poppy entertaining the guard above." Entertaining? I thought, disgusted, but went on.”
“Thought is the property of those only who can entertain it. -”