Только святой будет наблюдать за триумфом соперника и при этом не испытывать сожаления.
Nobody did guilt like good Catholics.
It's a tricky relationship: single parent and only child. Too much guilt and duty swimming around.
Writers were like parasites, preying on other people's stress and misery. Objective observers like spies or detectives.
Kindness could be a great weapon.
In theory Vera liked strong women; in practice they often irritated her.