You cannot sell a blemished apple in the supermarket, but you can sell a tasteless one provided it is shiny, smooth, even, uniform and bright.
Elspeth HuxleyEnglish tradition debars from dinner-table conversation almost all topics that might interest the conversers and insists upon strict adherence to banalities.
Elspeth HuxleyThe great point about money was to convert it as quickly as possible into something you could use or enjoy.
Elspeth Huxley