Sovereign," like "love," means anything you want it to mean; it's a word in dictionary between "sober" and "sozzled.

But, do you know, once you get used to it's rather cute. I mean, if a girl looks alright to start with, she still looks alright with her head smooth.

Who is more real? Homer or Ulysses? Shakespeare or Hamlet? Burroughs or Tarzan?

- I'm so busy doing what I must do that I don't have time for what I ought to do... and I never get a chance to do what I want to do! - Son, that's universal. The way to keep that recipe from killing you is occasionally to do what you want to do anyhow.

There are perhaps 5% of the population that simply can't think. There are another 5% who can, and do. The remaining 90% can think, but don't

I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it.

I was no fool; I was aware that when another man is too anxious to force money on one, it is time to examine the cards, for there is almost certainly something illegal, or dangerous, or both, involved in the matter.