Lily, the caretaker's daughter, was literally run off her feet. Hardly had she brought one gentleman into the little pantry behind the office on the ground floor and helped him off with his overcoat, than the wheezy hall-door bell clanged again and she had to scamper along the bare hallway to let in another guest. It was well for her she had not to attend to the ladies also.

My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my soul of decayed ambitions.

Save the trees of Ireland for the future men of Ireland on the fair hills of Eire, O.

God made food; the devil the cooks.

What is better than to sit at the end of the day and drink wine with friends, or substitutes for friends?

Ineluctable modality of the visible; at least that if no more, thought through my eyes. Signatures of all things I am here to read.

His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and knew that in some dim past, whether in life or revery, he had heard their tale before.