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He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more.

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...with each new book of mine I have always the feeling that this time I have picked a lemon in the garden of literature.

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There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.

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One of the poets, whose name I cannot recall, has a passage, which I am unable at the moment to remember, in one of his works, which for the time bein...more

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I mean to say, I know perfectly well that I've got, roughly speaking, half the amount of brain a normal bloke ought to possess. And when a girl comes ...more

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There is, of course, this to be said for the Omnibus Book in general and this one in particular. When you buy it, you have got something. The bulk of ...more