" I'm persnickety," I confessed. " Not, incidentally, to the point of being snarly. But still. Delightful and persnickety are not a common blend." " Do you want to know why I never married?" " The question wasn't at the top of my list," I admitted. The old woman made me meet her eye. " Listen to me; I never married because I was easily bored. It's an awful, self-defeating trait to have. It is much better to be too easily interested. "