Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases.

Here I am,' I thought, 'back from the jungle, back from the ruins. Here, where wealth is no longer gorgeous and power has no dignity.

Now we shall both be alone, and I shall have no way of making you understand.' 'I don't want to make it easier for you,' I said; 'I hope your heart may break; but I do understand.

We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school.

Have you at any time been detained in a mental home or similar institution? If so, give particulars.' 'I was at Scone College, Oxford, for two years,' said Paul.

I am suing Lord Beaverbrook for libel and hope for some lovely tax-free money in damages. He has very conveniently told some lies about me.

He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.