Nobody run off with her,” Roscoe said. "She just run off with herself, I guess.

If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted.

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

I never met a soul in this world as normal as me.

Nobody run off with her,” Roscoe said. "She just run off with herself, I guess.

I'm glad I've been wrong enough to keep in practice. . . You can't avoid it, you've got to learn to handle it. If you only come face to face with your own mistakes once or twice in your life it's bound to be extra painful. I face mine every day--that way they ain't usually much worse than a dry shave.

Self-parody is the first portent of age.