“And this rug,” he says, stomping on an old rag carpet. “How much do you suppose that cost?” It was my first guess, so I said fifty dollars. “That’s a laugh,” he said. “I paid two thousand for that rug.” — (Ring W. Lardner, The Big Town: How I and the Mrs. Go to New York to See Life and Get Katie a Husband , The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1921, lêmbëtï 73)
Outhwaite is a good laugh, yes, she knows how to smile: but deep down, she really is strong and stern. — (Tamzin Outhwaite, “the unlikely musical star” na The Times , 14 Mbängü 2010)
