Saying your meal was lovely, despite a slight fear it might kill you in the night. – Rob Temple, @SoVeryBritish (Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourse

He dare not come in company, for here he should be misused, disgraced, overshoot himself in gesture or speeches or be sick; he thinks everyman observes him. – Richard Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy

One of my sensory problems was hearing sensitivity, where certain loud noises, such as a school bell, hurt my ears. It sounded like a dentist drill going through my ears. – Temple Grandin #hsp