Mort was hurt by this. It was one thing not to want to marry someone, but quite another to be told they didn't want to marry you.

Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.

The man gave a shrug which indicated that, although the world did indeed have many problems, this was one of them that was not his.

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man I put away childish things because. wow, then I could afford much *better* childish things!

Shoes, men, coffins; never accept the first one you see.

Some people are confident because they are fools. Leonard had the look of someone who was confident because, so far, he'd never found a reason not to be.

Occasionally he would very nearly swear.