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

When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.

There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother.

Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.

Ramses had always been fond of Helen, in his peculiar fashion, but if he had looked at me as he was looking at her, I would have sent for a constable.

It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.

I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family." "Very boring, Emerson.