“Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.”
“Anything that's strange is no good to the average American. If it doesn't have Chicago plumbing, it's nonsense.”
“Abstraction can provide stumbling blocks for people of strange intelligence.”
“Already a sizable traffic jam blocked the Bund. Once again the crush and clutter of Shanghai had engulfed its invaders.”
“You cannot block someone from your life who doesn't want to be blocked.”
“You can put a name on anything, call it whatever you want, doesn't make it real. Doesn't make it true.”