“I was very pink and young and English; and quite prepared for a Continent complete with poisonous drains, roast frogs, bedbugs and vice.”

“While I prepared to poison my girlfriend, I sorted through the previous day’s post”

“Christianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it, certainly, but degenerated to Vice.”

“...I do have to wonder what sort of childhood the Grimm brothers endured. They are not a merry bunch of storytellers, what with their children roasted by witches, maidens poisoned by old crones, and whatnot.”

“I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.”

“I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.”