He moved in a way that suggested he was attempting the world speed record for the nonchalant walk.

Certainly the Americans want to buy rights, but have no idea what to do with them.

I mistrust the term graphic novel because it sounds like a good thing to put on a tee-shirt. That's why the French like them.

The important thing about adventures, thought Mr. Bunnsy, was that they shouldn't be so long as to make you miss mealtimes.

Granny Weatherwas was not a jouster in the lists of love, but, as an intelligent onlooker, she knew how the game was played.

Oh, there's plenty of reasons. I just don't know which one.

Ponder just let it happen. It's because their minds are so often involved with deep and problematic matters, he told himself, that their mouths are allowed to wander around making a nuisance of themselves.