“Not many girls would have used their wits the way you did," the officer observed.”

“That sounds almost practiced, James Carstairs. How many girls have you made swoon with that observation?”

“Awake. Be the witness of your thoughts. You are what observes, not what you observe”

“Apparently, it used to be extremely common for families to have two parents. They stayed together because that’s what all the other parents did. Now there are so many options, so many different ways to be a family. So many ways to rip a family apart.”

“It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact which has dissolved many a happy marriage.”

“It has always struck me that one of the readiest ways of estimating a country's regard for law is to notice what arms the officers of the law are carrying: in England it is little batons, in France swords, in many countries revolvers, and in Russia the police used to have artillery.”