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There was no easy way in, and no easy way out. I chiseled an anchor loop into the rock at the top of the crevice and slipped my climbing rope through it. I stepped into my rappelling harness and tightened it against my body. My succulent
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“We must always remember, however,' said Psmith gravely, 'that poets are also God's creatures.”
― Leave It to Psmith
― Leave It to Psmith
“There's no doubt about it, being a policeman warps a man's mind and ruins that sunny faith in his fellow human beings which is the foundation of a lovable character. There seems to be no way of avoiding this.”
― Very Good, Jeeves!
― Very Good, Jeeves!
“A girl who bonnets a policeman with an ashcan full of bottles is obviously good wife-and-mother timber.”
― The Plot That Thickened
― The Plot That Thickened
“A certain critic -- for such men, I regret to say, do exist -- made the nasty remark about my last novel that it contained 'all the old Wodehouse characters under different names.' He has probably by now been eaten by bears, like the children who made mock of the prophet Elisha: but if he still survives he will not be able to make a similar charge against Summer Lightning. With my superior intelligence, I have out-generalled the man this time by putting in all the old Wodehouse characters under the same names. Pretty silly it will make him feel, I rather fancy.”
― Summer Moonshine
― Summer Moonshine
“...there occurred to me the simple epitaph which, when I am no more, I intend to have inscribed on my tombstone. It was this:
"He was a man who acted from the best motives. There is one born every minute.”
― My Man Jeeves
"He was a man who acted from the best motives. There is one born every minute.”
― My Man Jeeves
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