"Knowledge can be a hindrance to right action," answered the little man. "There are those who hold that, if we but knew the full ramifications of eve… - Matt Hughes

"There are, occasionally, rarely, some difficulties," she admitted.
"That is a word that may cover a great swath of territory," I said, "from the low foothills of minor inconvenience to the insurmountable peaks of constant vexation."

"Then how is it done?"
"By magic, I suppose. How else?"
"That is a foolish and flippant answer," he said. "'Oh, it's magic,' is not a handy solution to every mystery. I am not the child."

When all the good ideas have been expended, I quoted to myself, one might as well try a bad one.