Ukrainian Twitter is very cute. I just did a quiz on what kind of potato I am. There are 16 possible answers, including potato fried with salo, potato on the grill, and countryside potato. I turned out to be a baked potato. I have no idea what this means but I deeply enjoyed writing the word potato many times in one post.

Only too often, pity mutates into a sophisticated form of cruelty.

Rafael Chirbes, Diarios

Stanley never answered a doorbell naturally and innocently as other people do. He always debated whether it was wise to answer it at all.

Ruth Rendell, One Across Two Down