In Europe I had been told by sapient academics that there wasn't really any class system in the United States: well, you couldn't prove that by the conditions in California's agribusinesses, or indeed its urban factories.

(Dane, speaking about a woman character) I'll see where the twist flops

“How's it going?” the cop inquired. “Just marv,” said Oedipa. “I'll let you know if it's hopeless.”

That I shall preserue and keepe both my life and myne Arte, free and cleare from iust obloquie and slaunder, and from all such occasions as may iustly disparage and emblemish the same.