If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer. ↗
When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing - deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different. ↗
A boy's appetite grows very fast, and in a few moments the queer, empty feeling had become hunger, and the hunger grew bigger and bigger, until soon he was as ravenous as a bear. ↗