Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman. Every time I've stepped through its wide-open doorway, I find myself stepping out on the street again.

People b'lief the world is built so an tellin em it ain't so caves the roofs on their heads'n'maybe yours.

Folks with most to complain about seldom complain most.

Good moods’re as fragile as eggs...Bad moods’re as fragile as bricks.

Lunatics are writers whose works write them.

Men invented money Women invented mutual aid

Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book. Well, Mumsy, no, not really. Your beloved large-print sagas of rags, riches, and heartbreak were no camouflage against the miseries trained on you by the tennis ball launcher of life, were they? But, yes, Mum, there again, you have a point. Books don’t offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.