His answer trickled through my head like water through a sieve.

Be sure the safest rule is that we should not dare to live in any scene in which we dare not die.

Sentence first, verdict afterwards.

In a wonderland they lie, dreaming as the days go by

I said you LOOKED like an egg, Sir. And some eggs are very pretty, you know.

I have often seen a cat without a grin - but a grin without a cat - remember the cat kept appearing and disappearing slowly bit by bit.

Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.