The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

ugs stand as if amazed.
‘How To Be Topp’ (1954) ch. 1
There is no better xsample of a goody-goody than fotherington-tomas in the world in space.
You kno he is the one who sa Hullo Clouds Hullo Sky and skip about like a girly.
‘How To Be Topp’ (1954) ch. 4
Still xmas is a good time with all those presents and good food and i hope it will never die out
or at any rate not until i am grown up and hav to pay for it all.
‘How To Be Topp’ (1954) ch. 11
11.91 Emma Hart Willard 1787-1870
Rocked in the cradle of the deep.
Song
11.92 King William III 1650-1702
‘Do you not see your country is lost?’ asked the Duke of Buckingham.
‘There is one way never to see it lost’ replied William, ‘and that is to die in the last ditch.’
In Burnet ‘History of his own Times’ (1715) 1, 457
Every bullet has its billet.
In John Wesley ‘Journal’ 6 June 1765
11.93 Harry Williams 1874-1924
I’m afraid to come home in the dark.
Title of song (1907).
11.94 Kenneth Williams 1926-88
The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator
which is often socially impressive.
‘Acid Drops’ (1980) preface
11.95 Tennessee Williams (Thomas Lanier Williams) 1911-83
We have to distrust each other. It’s our only defence against betrayal.
‘Camino Real’ (1953) block 10
We’re all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.
‘Camino Real’ (1953) block 12
What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof?—I wish I knew....Just staying on it, I guess, as
long as she can.
‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ (1955) act 1
Brick: Well, they say nature hates a vacuum, Big Daddy.
Big Daddy: That’s what they say, but sometimes I think that a vacuum is a hell of a lot better
than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.
‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ (1955) act 2.