To listen, said little Guis, is to be drunk without spending a penny. You think you understand; you seem to fly through the air; you have to burst ou… - John Collier

Alice and Irwin were as simple and as happy as any young couple in a family-style motion picture. In fact, they were even happier, for people were not looking at them all the time and their joys were not restricted by the censorship code.

I hope all your mixtures are not as expensive, said Alan apprehensively. Oh, dear, no, said the old man. It would be no good charging you that sort of price for a love potion, for example. Young people who need a love potion very seldom have five thousand dollars. Otherwise they would not need a love potion.

Franklin Fletcher dreamed of luxury in the form of tiger-skins and beautiful women. He was prepared, at a pinch, to forgo the tiger-skins. Unfortunately the beautiful women seemed equally rare and inaccessible.