Your rat tail is all the fashion now. I prefer a bushy plume, carried straight up. You are Siamese and your ancestors lived in trees. Mine lived in palaces. It has been suggested to me that I am a bit of a snob. How true! I prefer to be.

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

It was a cool day and very clear. You could see a long way-but not as far as Velma had gone.

If you're not tough it's hard to survive in this world; and if you're not kind then you don't deserve to survive.

It was a smooth silvery voice that matched her hair. It had a tiny tinkle in it, like bells in a doll's house. I thought that was silly as soon as I thought of it.

However toplofty and idealistic a man may be, he can always rationalize his right to earn money.

When the plot flags, bring in a man with a gun.