"Look here," I said, "people like to collect disasters."

How often have I not heard a perfectly intelligent female says, in the tone of one clinching an argument, 'Edgar says -- ' And all the time you are perfectly aware that Edgar is a perfect fool.

Where do one's fears come from? Where do they shape themselves? Where do they hide before coming out into the open?

There are doubtless certain unworldly people who are indifferent to money. I myself have never met one.

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

If you've had a happy childhood, nobody can take that away from you.

Why shouldn't I hate her? She did the worst thing to me that anyone can do to anyone else. Let them believe that they're loved and wanted and then show them that it's all a sham.