Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive.

Nothing great ever came out of common sense.

Nothing puts things in perspective as quickly as a mountain.

Fasting was good for the imagination but bad for logic.

Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive.

It was pleasant to talk shop again; to use that elliptical, allusive speech that one uses only with another of one's trade.

He knew by heart every last minute crack on its surface. He had made maps of the ceiling and gone exploring on them; rivers, islands, and continents. He had made guessing games of it and discovered hidden objects; faces, birds, and fishes. He made mathematical calculations of it and rediscovered his childhood; theorems, angles, and triangles. There was practically nothing else he could do but look at it. He hated the sight of it.