I have a deep-down belief that there are folks in the world who are good through and through, and others who came in mean and will go out mean. It's like coffee. Once it's roasted, it all looks brown. Until you pour hot water on it and see what comes out. Folks get into hot water, you see what comes out.
I__e felt that I was trying to row a heavily loaded boat in a storm. I__e had so much trouble just trying to keep afloat that I couldn__ be bothered about things that didn__ matter, things I could part with easily and not miss, like good manners and--well, things like that. I__e been too afraid my boat would be swamped and so I__e dumped overboard the things that seemed least important.
Gone with the Wind
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I__e felt that I was trying to row a heavily loaded boat in a storm. I__e had so much trouble just trying to keep afloat that I couldn__ be bothered about things that didn__ matter, things I could part with easily and not miss, like good manners and--well, things like that. I__e been too afraid my boat would be swamped and so I__e dumped overboard the things that seemed least important.
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