If you are trying to fool a farsighted or dimwitted person, a veiled facial disguise might be enough.

It seemed to me that every adult did something terrible sooner or later. And every child, I thought, sooner or later becomes an adult.

Sometimes when someone tells a ridiculous lie, it is best to ignore it entirely.

Besides getting several paper cuts in the same day or receiving the news that someone in your family has betrayed you to your enemies, one of the most unpleasant experiences in life is a job interview.

In the secret pocket, she often kept a small pocket dictionary, which she would take out whenever she encountered a word she did not know.

All cannot be lost when there is still so much being found

For Beatrice, when we first met, I was lonely, and you were pretty. Now I am pretty lonely.