Quotes by L. O. Howard

“A peels an apple, while B kneels to God,C telephones to D, who has a handOn E’s knee, F coughs, G turns up the sodFor H’s grave, I do not understandBut J is bringing one clay pigeon downWhile K brings down a nightstick on L’s head,And M takes mustard, N drives to town,O goes to bed with P, and Q drops dead, R lies to S, but happens to be heardBy T, who tells U not to fire VFor having to give W the wordThat X is now deceiving Y with Z, Who happens, just now to remember A Peeling an apple somewhere far away.””

“-Mamma, ecco... [...] disse Lydia accarezzando sua madre- ci abbiamo messo tutto il sale che c'era in sala da pranzo e l'acqua non assomigliava per niente a quella del mare, perciò abbiamo dovuto versare dentro tutto il sale che abbiamo trovato in cucina.-Noi però possiamo farne a meno del sale, vero? Mentre per la medusa era questione di vita o di morte.””

“Thwarted, Cabal had settled on a Senzan revolver, but at least had the mild pleasure of finding one in an equally untidy calibre -- 10.35 mm. His mind was usually quite pristine, but --O secret sin!-- he had always taken a perverse joy in dangling decimals.””