The American doctor possesses a combination of conservatism and... an eagerness to know what it is really all about, in order that he may not be the one left behind if there is something to it.

His response was remarkable for its irrelevance, if for nothing else.

He looked at the book, took my name, and consulted his records. Then he informed me I had been lost at sea and was dead. Under the circumstances, he could not possibly give me any money... Even the fact that he was dealing with someone who had been dead for several days failed to awaken interest in his official heart.

Memories do not always behave in an orderly way, but bloom, as it were, erratically.

The American doctor possesses a combination of conservatism and... an eagerness to know what it is really all about, in order that he may not be the one left behind if there is something to it.

Fortunately, perhaps, I was completely ignorant of the orthodox theory of the disease polio-myelitis.

He who angers you conquers you.