Persian pussy from over the sea demure and lazy and smug and fat none of your ribbons and bells for me ours is the zest of the alley cat

I once heard the survivors of a colony of ants that had been partially obliterated by a cow's foot seriously debating the intention of the gods towards their civilization.

The most pleasant and useful persons are those who leave some of the problems of the universe for God to worry about.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

That stern and rockbound coast felt like an amateur when it saw how grim the puritans that landed on it were.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

fire is beautiful and we know that if we get too close it will kill us but what does that matter it is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty than to live a long time and be bored all the while