‘The very thought of it repelled me’: how a skiing accident left me unable to read - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/23/the-very-thought-of-it-repelled-me-how-a-skiing-accident-left-me-unable-to-read " I remember thinking, as I got up from that icy slope, that this fall would exact some price, though back then I did not know its currency."