Brian Reid

“A lesson in folly is worth two in wisdom.”
― Tom Stoppard, Arcadia

“He was the person whom, in any group, you forgot to introduce, then introduced with extra enthusiasm.”
― Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt

“People want nothing but mirrors around them. To reflect them while they’re reflecting too. You know, like the senseless infinity you get from two mirrors facing each other across a narrow passage. Usually in the more vulgar kind of hotels. Reflections of reflections and echoes of echoes. No beginning and no end. No center and no purpose.”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“When Myra appeared she said at once, "Now, we want you boys to go on playing around just as if we weren't here." The first evening, he stayed out for poker with the guides, and she said in placid merriment, "My! You're a regular bad one!" The second evening, she groaned sleepily, "Good heavens, are you going to be out every single night?" The third evening, he didn't play poker.”
― Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt