Now, Mama, Papa, and sir," said Ramses, "please withdraw to the farthest corner and crouch down with your backs turned. It is as I feared; we will never break through by this method. The walls are eight feet thick. Fortunately I brought along a little nitroglycerin--" "Oh, good Gad," shrieked Inspector Cuff.

Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.

Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.

Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.

There is nothing sadder than the cheerful letters of the dead, expressing hopes that were never fulfilled, ambitions that were never achieved, dreams cut off before they could come to fruition.

stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.

People who relate what they believe to be new and startling information like to have such information received with exclamations of astonishment and admiration.