"Cocoa? Cocoa! Damn miserable puny stuff, fit for kittens and unwashed boys. Did Shakespeare drink cocoa?"

"Life Among the Savages is a disrespectful memoir of my children."

"One of the most terrifying aspects of publishing stories and books is the realization that they are going to be read,…"

"The children assembled first, of course. School was recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty sat unea…"

"Mr. Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much traditio…"

""They do say," Mr. Adams said to Old Man Warner, who stood next to him, "that over in the north village they're talki…"

"Some places have already quit lotteries." Mrs. Adams said. "Nothing but trouble in that," Old Man Warner said stoutly…"

"Bill Hutchinson went over to his wife and forced the slip of paper out of her hand. It had a black spot on it, the bl…"

"Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones."

"Explaining just what I had hoped the story to say is very difficult. I suppose, I hoped, by setting a particularly br…"