"Summer Lightning" Quotes
In "Summer Lightning," P.G. Wodehouse humorously chronicles the chaotic attempts of the Blandings Castle residents to conceal a pig stealing scandal and a stolen manuscript, leading to a series of comedic misunderstandings and romantic entanglements.
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Quotes
She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had forgotten to say 'when'.
He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more.
He had a face like a fish, and I found it difficult to keep my eyes off him for the rest of the evening.
I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
She had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.
He had the appearance of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead mouse at the bottom.
She had a penetrating sort of laugh. Rather like a train going into a tunnel.
The voice of Love seemed to call to me, but it was a wrong number.
She had a laugh like a squadron of cavalry charging over a tin bridge.
The mood will pass, sir. Never forget that. No mood can possibly last if you just wait it out.
