Here you have learned the theories of life,” continued the Headmaster, resuming the thread of his discourse, “but after all, life is not a matter of theories. Life is a matter of facts. It calls...

Any given censor is a fool. The very fact that he is a censor indicates that.

The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from the beasts.

Rumplesnitz.

He was of the mold from which great men are made. Having said of anything ‘Let it be done’ he at once felt not only that it was accomplished, but that he had done it...

As the dragon charged it released huge clouds of hissing steam through its nostrils. It was almost as if a gigantic teapot had gone mad.

With the suggestion of a compromise Gawaine mustered up enough courage to speak.”What will you do if I surrender?” he asked.”Why, I’ll eat you,” said the dragon.”And if I don’t surrender?””I’ll eat you just the...

Let’s see,” mused the dragon, “that doesn’t tell us much, does it? What sort of a word is this? Is it an epithet, do you think?”Gawaine could do no more than nod.”Why, of course,” exclaimed...