For a time Jack was angry; but when he had been without the jacket for a short while he began to realize that being half-clothed is infinitely more uncomfortable than being entirely naked. Soon he did not miss his clothing in the least, and from that he came to revel in the freedom of his unhampered state.

I do not think that I am ever overconfident. I am merely wholly confident, and I maintain that there is all the difference in the world there.

Beast?" Jane murmured. "Then God make me a beast; for, man or beast, I am yours.

Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.

Golf is a mental disorder.

Clothes therefore, must be the insignia of the superiority of man over all other animals, for surely there could be no other reason for wearing the hideous things

I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly.