P. G. Wodehouse
English-born American novelist and humorist
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
The English language is the richest in the world, and yet somehow in moments when words count most we generally choose the wrong ones. The adjective "cross" as a description of his Jove-like wrath that consumed his whole being jarred upon Derek profoundly. It was as though Prometheus, with the vultures tearing his liver, had been asked if he were piqued.
—P. G. Wodehouse, English-born American novelist and humorist, The Little Warrior, 1929
Posted on December 5, 2003 at 9:58 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
—P. G. Wodehouse, English-born American novelist and humorist, The Man Upstairs, 1914
Posted on August 16, 1999 at 2:32 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually being disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
—P. G. Wodehouse, English-born American novelist and humorist, The Code of the Woosters, 1938
Posted on January 25, 1999 at 6:54 AM
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