Anyone Who Picks Up A Compton-burnett Finds

I Am Ill At Ease With People Whose Lives Are An Open Book.

We Must Use Words As They Are Used, Or Stand Aside From Life.

We Do Not Discuss The Members Of Our Family To Their Faces.

Appearances Are Not Held To Be A Clue To The Truth,' Said His Cousin. 'but We Seem To Have No Other.

We None Of Us Talk To People As We Do Behind Their Backs.