“I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.”

“Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.”

“Hanging onto a bad buy will not redeem the purchase.”

“Cilvēki nezin,ko vēlas,kamēr viņiem to nepiedāvā.”

“As a matter of fact, despite your obstinacy, your infernal prying, and the fact that you invariably blurt out whatever comes into your head, regardless of the consequences, I admit that there are times when I find you irresistible, too.' I stared in astonishment at Robert's back as he rose to pay the bill. What in heaven's name, I wondered, did he mean by that?”

“I suppose the mothers of most twelve-year-old boys live with the uneasy conviction that their sons are embarked upon a secret life of crime.”

“I really think I shall commence chapter forty-four," he said, patting his hands together. "I shall commence, I think, with a slight exaggeration and go on from there into an outright lie. Constance, my dear?""Yes, Uncle Julian?""I am going to say that my wife was a beautiful woman.”