"قالت الآنسة ماربل :" إن المحادثات دائماً ما تكون خطيرة ، إذا كان عندك شيء تخفيه - Agatha Christie

The popular view that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.

Fey...a Scotch word...It means the kind of exalted happiness that comes before disaster. You know — it's too good to be true.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention — invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.