Placing the extraordinary at the center of the ordinary, as realism does, is a great comfort to us stay-at-homes.

The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed.

Some marriages depend on domestic arguments the way the courts depend on litigation.

Some subjects come up suddenly in our speech and cannot be silenced.

Lies save trouble now, but may return in thunder and lightning.

The parade was here, but it disappeared around a corner.

Good books do not make people wiser or happier--only more conscious.