One man in a thousand, Solomon says.Will stick more close than a brother.And it's worth while seeking him half your daysIf you find him before the other.---The Thousandth Man
And with an almost audible click he felt the wheels of his being lock up anew on the world without. Things that rode meaningless on the eyeball an instant before slid into proper proportion. Roads wer...
You must not forget the suspenders, Best Beloved.
The air was full of all the night noises that, taken together, make one big silence...
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make allowance for their doubting too;If you can wait and not...
His line was the jocundly-sentimental Wardour Street brand of adventure, told in a style that exactly met, but never exceeded, every expectation.
Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone.
What avail is honour or a sword against a pen?
If you can walk with the crowd and keep your virtue, or walk with Kings-nor lose the common touch; If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much; If you...
A rag and a bone and a hank of hair.
An' I learned about women from 'er.
We're all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.
We be of one blood, thou and I—
This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
Only the keeper seesthat,where the ring-dove broods
Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky;And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die.
Mark my trail...
The colonel's lady and Judy O'Grady Are sisters under their skins.
A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.
One paid for one's knowledge with one's skin.