So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one.
There is no loneliness like that of a failed marriage.
It's true, you can never eat a pet you name. And anyway, it would be like a ventriloquist eating his dummy.