Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.
Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.
That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.
I wish I'd been a mixed infant.