“He was alone with seven thousand books...mostly aged and unsaleable.”

“In spite of the seven thousand books of expert advice, the right way to disciplne a child is still a mystery to most fathers and...mothers Only your grandmother and Genghis Khan know how to do it.”

“He was described as the literary leader of the age, but had never written a book that sold more than three thousand copies.”

“Not even seven thousands years of joy can justify seven days of repression.”

“It seems to be one of Nature’s laws that the most attractive girls should have the least attractive brothers. Fillmore Nicholas had not worn well. At the age of seven he had been an extraordinarily beautiful child, but after that he had gone all to pieces; and now, at the age of twenty-five, it would be idle to deny that he was something of a mess.”

“I was an estructuralist at the age of seven, which is about the right age for it.”