Benevolent Misanthropy

I asked at the hotel
they didn’t know
told me to go to the train station
in the train station
they told me to go to information
and information mentioned a zoo
and a beautiful view of the city
On the way I saw a dog small as a mouse
I saw a dog as big as a house
I saw a puppet playing [...]

Baby,
now that I’ve found you
I won’t let you go
I built my world around you
I need you so,
baby even though
You don’t need me
now
Baby,
now that I’ve found you
I won’t let you go
I built my world around you
I need you so
Baby even though
You don’t need me,
You don’t need me oh, no
Baby, baby,
when first we met
I knew in this [...]

“I demand an explanation! I intend to hold you to account for alienating the affection of my wife.”
“Affections,” Wolfe said.
“What?”
“Affections. In that context the plural is used.” He lifted the glass and drank, and licked his lips.
Kearns stared at him. “I didn’t come here,” he said, “to have my grammar corrected.”
“Not grammar. Diction.”
— Rex Stout, [...]