And Left-wing People Are Always Sad Because

You've No Idea How Long Life Goes On And How Many, Many Changes It Brings. Young People Seem To Imagine That It's Over In A Flash, That They Do This Thing, Or That Thing, And Then Die, But I Can Assure You They Are Quite Wrong.

The Great Advantage Of Living In A Large Family Is That Early Lesson Of Life's Essential Unfairness.

One Thing About Tourists Is That It Is Very Easy To Get Away From Them. Like Ants They Follow A Trail And A Few Yards Each Side Of That Trail There Are None.

The Test Of A Cook Is How She Boils An Egg. My Boiled Eggs Are Fantastic, Fabulous. Sometimes As Hard As A 100 Carat Diamond, Or Again Soft As A Feather Bed, Or Running Like A Cooling Stream, They Can Also Burst Like Fireworks From Their Shells And Take On The Look And Rubbery Texture Of A Baby Octopus. Never A Dull Egg, With Me.

Twice In Her Life She Had Mistaken Something Else For It; It Was Like Seeing Somebody In The Street Who You Think Is A Friend, You Whistle And Wave And Run After Him, And It Is Not Only Not The Friend, But Not Even Very Like Him. A Few Minutes Later The Real Friend Appears In View, And Then You Can't Imagine How You Ever Mistook That Other Person For Him. Linda Was Now Looking Upon The Authentic Face Of Love, And She Knew It, But It Frightened Her. That It Should Come So Casually, So Much By A Series Of Accidents, Was Frightening.