“ Then Jip went up to the front of the ship and smelt the wind; and he started muttering to himself,"Tar; Spanish onions; kerosene oil; wet raincoats; crushed laurel-leaves; rubber burning; lace-curtain… Hugh Lofting
“ What is war?' I asked.Oh, it's a messy, stupid business,' he said, 'Two sides wave flags and beat drums and shoot one another dead. It always begins this way, making speeches, talking about rights, an… Hugh Lofting
“ I don't believe in a lot of baggage. It's such a nuisance. Life's too short to fuss with it. And it isn't really necessary Hugh Lofting
