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They borrow books they will not buy,
They have no ethics or religions;
I wish some kind Burbankian guy
Would cross my books with homing pigeons.

Carolyn Wells

When I feel that I'm going to write a detective story, I buy a five pound box of chocolates and a ream of paper. When the candy is all gone and the paper all used up, I know that the book is long enough.

Carolyn Wells

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull and dry;
The books that we should like to read we are ashamed to buy;
The books that people talk about we never can recall;
And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all.

Carolyn Wells

'Tis but a Toy on which one spends a Pile.
And Brags about it for a Little While;
Ambition rises — and the Foolish Man
Sighs, and prepares to buy Another Style.

Carolyn Wells

A yardstick thus to himself did muse
As he walked along the street;
'I must buy a pair and a half of shoes
Because I have three feet.'

Carolyn Wells