I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
-- Fran Lebowitz AA

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
-- Edgar Allan Poe AA

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery AA

Last week, I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed.
-- W. C. Fields AA