Damn the subjunctive. It brings all our writers to shame.

I simply can't resist a cat, particularly a purring one.

Do one thing every day you don't want to do.

Yes, always avoid violence. In this age of charity and kindliness, the time has gone by for such things. Leave dynamite to the low and unrefined.

But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of therest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it. I been there before.

Slang in a woman's mouth is not obscene, it only sounds so.

I like criticism, but it must be my way.