Nobody's ever decided what success is, out here.

More people have been ruined by their upright friends than ever have been by their enemies!

...he had a fascinating technique of gnawing his cigar from one corner of his mouth to the other, as if his teeth were equipped with trolley tracks, and suddenly grabbing it out and gesticulating wit it before he jammed it back.

Men ruin cars. That's one of the things every woman knows.

The thing about George Barrol is that he's always putting his own and other people's feet into things that had best be left quite free of feet.

A city where the Capitol Dome, perforated like a kitchen colander, is the symbol of how secrets are kept.

It's all right to be disillusioned, but you can't be disillusioning.