Oh, no, I'm not brave. When a thing is certain, there's nothing to be brave about. All you can do is to find your consolation.

A man doesn't wasnt to feel that a woman cares more for him than he cares for her. He doesn't want to feel owned, body and soul. It's that damned possessive attitude. This man is mine---he belongs to me! He wants to get away --- to get free. He wants to own his woman; he doesn't want her to own him.(Simon Boyle)

The whole thing was like a nine-month ocean voyage to which you never got acclimatized.

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.

All I needed was a steady table and a typewriter...a marble-topped bedroom washstand table made a good place; the dining-room table between meals was also suitable.

The things young women read nowadays and profess to enjoy positively frighten me.

Use that fluff of yours you call a brain.