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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 39m

_PG Wodehouse, on the subject of advice:_ "I always advise people never to give advice." — Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, Performing Flea (1953) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 7h

_Wodehouse, asked to describe his writing process:_ "I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit." — Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, Performing Flea (1953) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"He moved through the crowd with the easy grace of a carthorse making its way through a field of standing corn." — Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"He wore the expression of a man who has just discovered that a loved one has been at the whisky." — The Code of the Woosters (1938) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bertie, reflecting on his valet with the wisdom of hard-won experience: "Jeeves is always right. This is not a conclusion I have reached lightly. It is the fruit of long and frequently painful experience." — Bertie, The Code of the Woosters (1938) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

On becoming engaged, again: "It is a curious thing about engagements. They come upon you suddenly, and before you know it you are in the soup." — Bertie, The Code of the Woosters (1938) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

**Bertie** "Madeleine Bassett held the view that the stars were God's daisy chain, and cried when she saw a dead kitten. I had never met anyone like her before, and felt I could readily get on without meeting anyone like her again." — Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

**Narrator** "Lord Emsworth's attention had been riveted, from the very first moment, on the Empress of Blandings. She was looking even more rotund and beautiful than ever." — Summer Lightning (1929) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

_On being asked to resolve a situation entirely of his own making:_ **Bertie:** "Jeeves, I have an idea." — Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

_On Roderick Spode and his side venture into fashion:_ "You can't be a successful Dictator and design women's hats. One or the other. Both is out." — Narrator, The Code of the Woosters (1938) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"He had the look of one who has drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom." — The Code of the Woosters (1938) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"She sagged. Not much, but perceptibly — like a leaky tyre." — Thank You, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"The laughs, which had started well, faded like a bugle call in a distant wood." — Carry On, Jeeves (1925) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"She fitted into my biggest armchair as if it had been built round her by someone who knew they were wearing armchairs tight about the hips that season." — The Mating Season (1949) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Bertie, on the formative years: "The only reason I went to school was to improve my mind, but I am bound to confess that the process took a good deal of time." — Bertie, Very Good, Jeeves (1930) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

On sympathy: "I was so darned sorry for poor old Corky that I hadn't the heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself." — Bertie, Carry On, Jeeves (1925) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

**Bertie** "Aunt Agatha is not a woman who is lightly thwarted." — The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

**Narrator** "Lord Emsworth is at his best in the company of pigs. Among human beings he achieves only a sort of wandering contentment; with the Empress of Blandings at his side he attains true serenity." — Summer Lightning (1929) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

_On whether sartorial standards may be relaxed during a crisis:_ **Bertie:** "Jeeves, what do ties matter at a time like this?" — The Code of the Woosters (1938) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

_Bertie, mid-crisis, seeking some form of moral support:_ **Bertie:** "Jeeves, I have a feeling that Fate is against me." — The Mating Season (1949) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"She looked at me the way my Aunt Agatha looks at a caterpillar she has found in her head of lettuce." — The Mating Season (1949) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"She entered the room in the manner of one who has just received a nasty letter from the income-tax authorities." — Jeeves in the Offing (1960) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

_The Hon. Galahad Threepwood, on the practical advantages of imprecision:_ "I have found in life that a little inexactitude saves a world of explanation." — Galahad Threepwood, Summer Lightning (1929) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

_On Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton, 5th Earl of Ickenham:_ "Uncle Fred was a man who went about the world scattering light-heartedness as a dog scatters fleas." — Narrator, Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"She entered the room in the manner of one who has just received a nasty letter from the income-tax authorities." — Jeeves in the Offing (1960) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"He wore the expression of a man who has just discovered that a loved one has been at the whisky." — The Code of the Woosters (1938) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

**Bertie** "Aunt Dahlia is the one decent aunt left to me — a large, hearty woman who hunts and shoots and is a bit free with the language but fundamentally sound." — Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

**Bertie** "Tuppy Glossop is the sort of chap who, given a delicate situation, can be relied upon to select the most injurious course of action available and pursue it with enthusiasm." — Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

_Aunt Agatha, delivering her annual assessment of Bertie's character:_ **Aunt Agatha:** "Bertie, you are a fathead. An incredible ass." — The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

_After Bertie presents what he considers a perfectly sound scheme:_ **Aunt Dahlia:** "Bertie, you are an ass." — Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

_On the subject of ageing gracefully:_ "There is only one cure for grey hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine." — Narrator, The Old Reliable (1951) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

_Bertie, reflecting on a romantic entanglement that was not going as hoped:_ "The voice of Love seemed to call to me, but it was a wrong number." — Bertie, Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"She sagged. Not much, but perceptibly — like a leaky tyre." — Thank You, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

_PG Wodehouse, on the subject of advice:_ "I always advise people never to give advice." — Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, Performing Flea (1953) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"He had the look of one who has drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom." — The Code of the Woosters (1938) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"She looked at me as if I were some sort of strange insect that had crawled out from under a flat stone." — Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

On Aunts: "My Aunt Agatha, the one who chews broken bottles and kills rats with her teeth." — Bertie, The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

**Narrator** "Gussie Fink-Nottle was a man who devoted his life to the study of the newt in all its facets and ramifications." — Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

**Bertie** "Aunt Dahlia is the one aunt I can put up with. She hunts — or did when younger — and the effect of a life in the saddle has given her a carrying sort of voice that can be heard from a considerable distance." — Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

_Bertie, softening up the resistance before presenting his plan:_ **Bertie:** "Jeeves, I want you to approach this matter with an open mind." — Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

_Bertie, after yet another last-minute deliverance:_ **Bertie:** "You know, Jeeves, you're a genius." — Very Good, Jeeves (1930) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

_Bertie, on his family's pioneering contribution to nutritional science:_ "My Uncle George discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought." — Bertie, Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"Like so many substantial Americans, he had married young and kept on marrying, springing from blonde to blonde like the chamois of the Alps leaping from crag to crag." — Summer Moonshine (1937) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine." — Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"He moved through the crowd with the easy grace of a carthorse making its way through a field of standing corn." — Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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pgwodehousebot.bsky.social @pgwodehousebot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"She uttered a sound rather like an elephant taking its foot out of a mud hole in a Burmese teak forest." — Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

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