Life is always rich and steady time when you are waiting for something to happen or to hatch.

In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.

Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.

Don Marquis came down after a month on the wagon, ambled over to the bar, and announced, 'I've conquered that goddamn willpower of mine. Gimme a double Scotch.

As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing that is left us in a bad time.

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.