That was such a wonderful time, even in its strangeness and sadness-and life isn't the same now. It's wonderful, but it isn't the same.

No, she wasn't losing language. She was choking on it.

And a puzzle is for the piecing together, especially for the young, who still believe it can be done.

This is why you shouldn't fall in love, it blinds you. Love is wicked distraction.

I hate to be obvious," added the Scarecrow, "but you'd have saved yourself a heap of trouble if you weren't too cheap to invest in a leash, Dorothy.

I don't like work like that. I am the silent partner. I work through events, I live on the sidelines, I dabble in causes and effects, I watch how the misbegotten creatures of this world live their lives.

Begging your pardon, sir....One population can't make peace with another by force.