"To say of me, and so they should, It's doubtful if I come to good" (pg. xvi.)

"But now I know the things I know, And do the things I do, And if you do not like me so, To hell, my love, with you!" (pg. xvii.)

"Taking her own inventory at the age of thirty, she listed the three things she could count on having until she died. Laughter, hope and there was always a palimpsest memory- 'a sock in the eye'' (pg. 22.)

"Some children here have the whooping cough, If we don't get it, we'll be in soft. The desk clerk's manner is proud and airy, Nevertheless, we think he's a fairy, There are some people right next door, Who turned out to be a terrible bore. There always must be some kind of hitch, Isn't Nature...'finish this line for yourself and get a year's...