She was scrubbing furiously at a line of grease spots which led from the stove towards the door to the dining-room. That was where Henry had held the platter tilted as he carried the steak in yesterday. And yet if she had warned him once about that, she had a thousand times!
“When you're young, try to be realistic; as you get older, become idealistic. You'll live longer.”
“One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.”