But De Maupassant--sheer off! Stick to Dickens and Thackeray and Hugo.
Before you go I'll give you a list of books to read." "There are bad stories, then, just as there are bad people ?" "Yes.

Sewn on that button yet ?" "I've been afraid to take the coat from under the pillow." "Funny, about that coat.

You told him there wasn't anything in the pockets ?" "Yes." "How did he take it ?" "He did not seem to care." "There you are, just as I said.

We've got to get him to care.

We've got to make him take up the harp of life and go twanging it again.
That's the job.