“It follows that they never understood Reginald, who came down late to breakfast, and nibbled toast, and said disrespectful things about the universe. The family ate porridge, and believed in everything, even the weather forecast.” — Saki Copy Share Image
“it was decorated with Japanese fans and Chinese lanterns, which gave it a very Old English effect.” — Saki Copy Share Image
“In spite of everything that proverbs may say, poverty keeps together more homes than it breaks up.” — Saki Copy Share Image
“For a boy who went out to it from the dulness of some country rectory, from a neighbourhood where a flower show and a… — Saki Copy Share Image
“I did it—I who should have known better. I persuaded Reginald to go to the McKillops’ garden-party against his will. We all make mistakes… — Saki Copy Share Image
“Even the hooligan was probably invented in China centuries before we thought of him.” — Saki Copy Share Image
“Publishers always clamour for the books that no one has ever written, and turn a cold shoulder on them as soon as they're written.… — Saki Copy Share Image
“The young have aspirations that never comes to pass,the old have reminiscences of what never happened. It's only the middle-aged who are really conscious… — Saki Copy Share Image
“Never,” wrote Reginald to his most darling friend, “be a pioneer. It's the Early Christian that gets the fattest lion.” — Saki Copy Share Image
“how unfortunate that we should have had that very cold weather at a time when coal was so dear! So distressing for the poor.”… — Saki Copy Share Image
“There is no outlet for demonstrating your feelings towards people whom you simply loathe. That is really the crying need of our modern civilisation.… — saki Copy Share Image
