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It has been well said that an author who expects results from a first novel is in a position similar to that of a man who drops a rose petal down the Grand Canyon of Arizona and listens for the echo.

— P. G. Wodehouse Cocktail Time (1958)

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Love has had a lot of press-agenting from the oldest times; but there are higher, nobler things than love.

The Clicking Of Cuthbert (1922)

It is pretty generally admitted that few of them were to be trusted within reach of a trowel and a pile of bricks.

Never put anything on paper, my boy, and never trust a man with a small black moustache.

Cocktail Time (1958)

There is enough sadness in life without having fellows like Gussie Fink-Nottle going about in sea boots.

Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)

It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine.

Blandings Castle (1935)

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