Ring Lardner

They gave each other a smile with a future in it.

The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.

He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered.

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.