Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease.

I express preference for a chronological sequence of events which precludes a violence.

I found while driving in Wyoming that wearing a stetson and driving a beat-up pickup meant you could go as fast as you like, while the police picked up Californian winnebagos that went one mph over 55. After all, they wanted to bring money into the state, not merely circulate it.

If you really want to upset a witch, do her a favor which she has no means of repaying. The unfulfilled obligation will nag at her like a hangnail.

But here's some advice, boy. Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions.

What your soldier wants - really, really wants - is no-one shooting back at him.

One day a tortoise will learn how to fly.