Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.

And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry years. It was always that way.

Can you honestly love a dishonest thing?

I like a lot of talk in a book and I don't like to have nobody tell me what the guy that's talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks.

People do not want advice - they want corroboration.

You must not forget that a monster is only a variation, and that to a monster the norm is monstrous.

As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.