" You've been a naughty kit-kat. Silly bad thing. Dirty raggedy scamp. You'll go straight to hell,' said Rose.
'Yes. You've been bad and whiny. You don't get milk. No milk at all. No milk one bit. No milk for you.,' insisted Pierrot.
''If you cry, I'm going to poke you in the nose.'
'Owww! Owww! Owww! I don't want to hear it.'
You smell bad. You have to scrub your paws. Bath time. Stinky creep.'
'Naughty sinner, naught, naughty, naughty. With mud for paws.'
'Soooo shameful. Look at me. Mister Shameful.'
They had never been taught words of affection. Although the two had only known harsh terms and words of discipline, they had managed to transform them into words of love. "

― Heather O'Neill , The Lonely Hearts Hotel