A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.
If you don't leave, I'll get somebody who will.
The French have a phrase for it. The bastards have a phrase for everything and they are always right. To say goodbye is to die a little.
There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.
You can have a hangover from other things than alcohol. I had one from women.
Tall, aren't you?" she said. "I didn't mean to be." Her eyes rounded. She was puzzled. She was thinking. I could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother to her.