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

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

Out here, it's better safe than sorry, because generally speaking, too much of the time sorry means you're dead.

That is certainly one way to look at the matter. There are others.

No matter how good you are at sneaking, you can't ever sneak well enough so that mosquitoes won't find you, and no matter how worried and tense you are, or how hard you are trying to pay attention, you just can't help noticing when a cloud of mosquitoes comes for you like you're their first good meal since last fall.

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

Then they gave me a loaf of bread and told me to walk through the forest and give some to anyone who asked. I did exactly what they told me, and the second beggar-woman was a fairy in disguise, but instead of saying that whenever I spoke, diamonds and roses would drop from my mouth, she said that since I was so kind, I would never have any problems with my teeth.” “Really? Did it work?” “Well, I haven’t had a toothache since I met her.” “I’d much rather have good teeth than have diamonds and roses drop out of my mouth whenever I said something