Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.

They felt, in fact, tremendously bucked-up, which was how Lady Ramkin would almost certainly have put it and which was definitely several letters of the alphabet away from how they normally felt.

Around it are those countries which, according to History, constitute the civilised world ie, a world that can support historians

In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book.

You are very clever," said the old man shyly. "I would like to eat your brains, one day.

Them as can do has to do for them as can't. And someone has to speak up for them as has no voices.

I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then gettin' upset 'cos they act like people.