Troublesome things tend to remain troublesome no matter how many times you do them.

There are two types of panicking: standing still and not saying a word, and leaping all over the place babbling anything that comes into your head.

With a library it is easier to hope for serendipity than to look for a precise answer.

The whole thing of what I’ve been trying,” you said, “is that you’re different, and you keep asking about the other girls, but what I mean is that I don’t think about them, because of the way you are.

For Beatrice - you will always be in my mind, in my heart and in your grave.

The only thing he cares about.

Having an aura of menace is like having a pet weasel, because you rarely meet someone who has one, and when you do, it makes you want to hide under the coffee table.