“Nobody had promised as much as the representives of the short man with the silly-looking moustache, p20”
“There are a lot of idiots in this country, and they deserve representation as much as the next man.”
“And nobody had told them that they were short on time.”
“Nobody has a good name in a bad mouth. Nobody has a good name in a silly mouth either. ”
“I found myself facing a man and a woman who looked so much alike, they could only be twins, or two people who had been married for a very long time. They both had pear-shaped bodies with short, thick legs and grumpy-looking arms, and it looked like they had both tried on heads that were too small for them, and were about to ask the head clerk for a larger size.”
“Benny gave her an admiring look. He had never heard a woman swear so much in such a short time. He thought it sounded delightful.”