Everyone goes down the aisle with half the story hidden.
It's the job of grandmothers to interfere.
No family is ever what it seems from the outside.
First electricity, now telephones. Sometimes I feel as if I'm living in an H.G. Wells novel.
Principles are like prayers; noble, of course, but awkward at a party.
There's nothing simpler than avoiding people you don't like. Avoiding one's friends, that's the real test.