Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?

A typical Irish dinner would be: cream flavored with lobster, cream with bits of veal in it, green peas and cream, cream cheese, cream flavored with strawberries.

I am sometimes bored by people, but never by life.

And Left-wing people are always sad because they mind dreadfully about their causes, and the causes are always going so badly.

Do you always laugh when you make love?' said Fabrice. I hadn't thought about it, but I suppose I do. I generally laugh when I'm happy and cry when I'm not. Do you find it odd?

People in towns are always preoccupied. 'Have I missed the bus? Have I forgotten the potatoes? Can I get across the road?

Life itself, she thought, as she went upstairs to dress for dinner, was stranger than dreams and far, far more disordered.