There seems to be a peculiar and particular tie between men who have been drunk together.

It's when most of the guests have gone that the party really gets interesting - peering under the table and into the bath to see who's stayed and what shape they're in. It is then that those who are still conscious divulge things you had not known before: sometimes about themselves, sometimes about other people and sometimes about you. It does not necessarily make pleasant hearing but it is always fascinating. In the relaxed atmosphere, in the wake of the hubbub, they unwind and grow confidential - nay, indiscreet. If they are not already, they end up as your closest friends.

I have never had much trouble simultaneously entertaining diametrically opposed propositions, and welcome the possibility that this is not because I have one mind and am out of it, but because I have lots of them, all beavering away on their own.

There seems to be a peculiar and particular tie between men who have been drunk together.

when a person implores you to be reasonable what he means is that you should speed round forthwith to his point of view.

Adolescence is usually typified by an unanswerable combination of innocence and insolence.

Claudia's the sort of girl who goes through life holding onto the sides.