Kindle Notes & Highlights
In the midst of all these stunning blows one despairing tact alone seized my thoughts: I knew, and a woman is never wrong in such matters, that I had seen the last of my Ben, and that I had lost the best and truest friend, the kindest and most thoughtful husband that ever woman had.
Sad
Despite being what would now be called a deprived child in a one parent family, I did not grow up with an urge to smash windows or to bash old ladies over the head in order to steal handbags. My mother accepted her responsibilities towards me and did not seek to make feeble excuses by failing to keep the house clean, to provide meals or to keep me under control. Neither did I develop a multitude of psychological inhibitions, making it impossible for me to adjust to society. Whatever the faults that existed with our education in the early part of the twentieth century, it created fewer
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This was not only restricted to people from the armed services; these pathetic inadequate people are common amongst that sector of society that has led any form of institutionalised life.
A bit harsh?
