“Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.”
“My lawyer’s name is Mr. Dentist. I have him on retainer. The police may think I’m crooked, but my teeth sure are straight!”
“Dogs deserve proper names.""Cats, too?""Cats are entirely different. They catch mice.”
“They could not write their names, but I can write mine, and I will again, somewhere where it will last for a long, long time. I will find Ky, and then I will find that place.”
“Shape I may take, converse I may, but neither god nor Buddha am I, rather an insensate being whose heart thus differs from that of man.”
“what a sad pair we are," she said. "Surely we can manage a conversation on a topic other than our respective terrible evenings.”