Of course it doesn't make sense." Lady Wendall said. "The rules of society rarely do.

Well,” said the frog, “what are you going to do about it?” “Marrying Therandil? I don’t know. I’ve tried talking to my parents, but they won’t listen, and neither will Therandil.” “I didn’t ask what you’d said about it,” the frog snapped. “I asked what you’re going to do. Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things.

In a lot of ways I was a generation ahead of my generation; I had a working mother wheneveryone else’s mother was staying at home.

It took us most of the morning to put together the letter she sent to the Frontier Management Department, and I learned a lot about how to be frigidly polite and still leave somebody feeling like they'd been spanked.

You can't force folks to have good sense, even if they're family. Maybe especially then.

I’d much rather have good teeth than have diamonds and roses drop out of my mouth whenever I said something

Humility is as good for the soul as it is for the memory