[…] whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

[…] So many people find the world a dreary residence, Mr. Calverley sighed, that it is really a pity some one of these long-faced stolidities cannot die now instead of me. For I have found life wonderful throughout.

the expectant hush before the performance

“The big picture is that the bats in Ontario, little brown bats, tri-coloured, small-footed and northern long-eared bats, they’ve experienced a 95- to 100-per-cent collapse,” Hooton said.