It is a truth universally acknowledged that one only comes up with clever, cutting remarks long after the other party is happily slumbering away. (Lauren Willig)

It is a truth universally acknowledged that one only comes up with clever, cutting remarks long after the other party is happily slumbering away.

Lauren Willig

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