Life Is Sometimes Sad And Often Dull,

Americans Relate All Effort, All Work, And All Of Life Itself To The Dollar. Their Talk Is Of Nothing But Dollars.

Always Either On A Peak Of Happiness Or Drowning In Black Waters Of Despair They Loved Or They Loathed, They Lived In A World Of Superlatives

Children Should Be Like Waffles--you Should Be Able To Throw The First One Away.

The Worst Of Being A Communist Is The Parties You May Go To Are - Well - Awfully Funny And Touching But Not Very Gay...i Don't See The Point Of Sad Parties, Do You? And Left-wing People Are Always Sad Because They Mind Dreadfully About Their Causes, And The Causes Are Always Going So Badly.

I Do Love Translating; It Is The Pure Pleasure Of Writing Without The Misery Of Inventing.