"It was all we had, at the time." He was a pretty good dentist too. Maybe he would have died as one of the most reputable ones if he had the rest of his life to live.

"Just want everyone in the house to make it through the day okay. It's all I can do. Anything else is a bonus." It gives him some focus. And when everything is going fine, when said focus is too narrow, he doesn't end up wandering far before he's running into somewhere where he can find something to spend the rest of the day occupying himself about.

"I do hope there will not be any children here. We have enough problems as it is."