On Mint Juleps

“Have you ever tasted a mint-julep, Beach?’

‘Not to my recollection, sir.’

‘Oh, you’d remember all right if you had. Insidious things. They creep up to you like a baby sister and slide their little hands into yours and the next thing you know the Judge is telling you to pay the clerk of the court fifty dollars. ”

From P G Wodehouse. Summer Lightning

On Finishing Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe

Sniff.

Tonight I finished the 47th and last Nero Wolfe book. I started last November. The stories were surprisingly consistent in quality all the way through. I frankly enjoyed every one, though they all rated 3-4 stars for me. No 5s. But also no 2s!

The great thing about a series like this is, if you get bored, you can always pick up the next one. Or at least I could until now. Sure, I could start over, but there are too many great books to read to do that.

Maybe in 5 years or so.

On Trust

“... no man has complete trust in another, he merely thinks he has because he needs to and hopes to.”

Nero Wolfe
From Rex Stout, A Family Affair

On Physicists

“There is only one object in the world that frightens me, a physicist working on a new trick.”

Nero Wolfe
From Rex Stout, A Family Affair