Always, it is the poor people who pay. And always, it is the poor people's women who pay the most.

She was widely read enough to appreciate my literary wit but not so widely read that she knew my sources. I like that in a woman.

Music’s a wood you walk through.

I pass through many Me's in the course of my day, each one selfish with his time. The Lying-in-Bed me and the Enjoying-the-Hot-Shower Me are particularly selfish. The Late Me loathes the pair of them.

Whoever opined "Money can't buy you happiness" obviously had far too much of the stuff.

Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book.

I have always preferred maps to books. They don't answer you back.