Yes, one gets over things. But there are certain memories one can't bit on.

Habit is necessary. It is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive ... one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in the big things, and happy in small ways.

There is someone I must say goodbye to. Oh, not you - we are sure to see each other again - but the Lily Bart you knew. I have kept her with me all this time, but now we are going to part, and I have brought her back to you - I am going to leave her here. When I go out presently she will not go with me. I shall like to think that she has stayed with you.

Everybody who does anything at all does too much.

I'd almost say it's the worries that make married folks sacred to each other.

There are two ways to spread happiness; either be the light who shines it or be the mirror who reflects it.

Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.