Mystery is underrated, and understanding is overrated.

It's a fine world, though rich in hardships at times.

In times of crisis human beings don't have it in them to be rational.

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.

It's really quite simple. Mr. Isinglass robbed my father, destroyed my mother, exiled my brothers, and ruined me. If I catch him asleep I'll kill him. I do hope you like this pudding. I had to ride quite a way to find the plums.

If I had a mind to rent pigs, I'd be mighty upset. A man that likes to rent pigs won't be stopped.

The only bookstore I had was the paperback rack at the drugstore.