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-Sorry about yesterday, I was ill! -You didn't look ill when I saw you at the races! -You didn't see me after the fifth leg!

"What old school? This is my life."

Airport

'Bad dog, stop doing the crossword.'

"See - that's how he's able to write all those plays."

Mature poet surrounded by young artists passing mature artist surrounded by young poets.

Nikolai Alekseevich Klyuev

One book... One book... One book...

"What the? ... Where’d the? ... How’d ya? ... Get down here!"

'Not only is he a good hunting dog he's a good watch dog.'

Gentrification of the Fridge.

Scale indicates the value of books.

"I've gone for a retro phone."

Wilhelm Dilthey

"Drinking home alone, I think he may have a problem."

"Your father and I were hoping for something a little less artisanal."

Here Lies P_T_R W_I_L__S: Inventor of the Crossword Puzzle

Gobbledygookologist

'Ma'am, I think I already see the problem with your cuckoo clock.'

"They just don't make 'em like Doc Malone anymore!"

'Oh, we're just here so Rusty can shop around for a new fence to dig under.'

"Just a signature and my alimony check."

"Honestly larry, I don't want a bronze Adonis. I much prefer a burnt umber twiglet"

'Didn't I read your last book, find it absolutely disgusting and vow never to read another, or was that someone else?'

"Thank you, Slightly More Correct Wording Man!!"

"I told you not to write in that wet cement!"

"This new poem lacks his usual vindictive sarcasm. It's just a victimless rhyme."

Stores of Mystery

William Shakespeare.