Things On The Whole Are

A Thirteen-year-old Is A Kaleidoscope Of Different Personalities, If Not In Most Ways A Mere Figment Of Her Own Imagination. At That Age, What And Who You Are Depends Largely On What Book You Happen To Be Reading At The Moment.

Things On The Whole Are Faster In America; People Don't Stand For Election, They Run For Office. If A Person Says He's Sick, It Doesn't Mean Regurgitating, It Means Ill. Mad Means Angry, Not Insane. Don't Ask For The Left-luggage; It's Called A Checkroom.

Lifelong Enemies Are, I Think, As Hard To Make And As Important To One's Well-being As Lifelong Friends.

Picking Other People's Brains Is An Art Worth Cultivating.

Prison Walls Are Meant Not Only To Keep Convicts In, But To Keep The Would-be Investigator Out.