“It would cost you a groaning to take off my edge.”
“It is a merciful provision my dears, for it takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world. You are costly creatures, boys, and it is well that mothers, sisters, wives, and daughters love their duty and do it so well, or you would perish off the face of the earth,' said Mrs. Jo solemnly…”
“The pen to a writer is like a cigarette to a smoker; they need it to take the edge off.”
“Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.”
“I take my hat off to you — or I would, if I were not afraid of showering you in spiders.”
“You're so big." He would fill her up, take her over."Remember that," he groaned. "And tell everyone you know.”