2 Quotes by Richard Russo (author)

Miss Beryl wondered if Sully would be amused. That probably depended on whether he knew what Lydia Pinkham's was. One of the problems of being eighth was that you built up a pretty impressive store of allusions. Other people didn't follow them, and they made it clear that this was your fault.

Jesus, sixty-six years old. He'd hoped that by now he wouldn't have to be so vigilant, that given enough time the madness--because that's what his spells amounted to--would ebb.