Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
“Becoming an actress takes a lot longer than being a star. I don't want to be a star. I want to be an actress. I want to build a career.”
“Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to discipline of the military type.”