Dogs display reluctance and wrath
If you try to give them a bath.
They bury bones in hideaways
And half the time they trot sideaways.
Ogden Nash
Poem: I’m a Stranger Here Myself. An Introduction to Dogs
A baby is an inestimable blessing and bother.
Mark Twain
Letter to Annie Webster, 1 September 1876
I didn’t want to harm the man. I thought he was a very nice gentleman. Soft-spoken. I thought so right up to the moment I cut his throat.
Truman Capote
Book: In Cold Blood
Candy
Is dandy
But liquor
Is quicker.
Ogden Nash
Poem: Many Long Years Ago. Reflections on Ice-Breaking