I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.

Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any.

In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to tears.

Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.

She wanted, passionately and persistently, two things which she believed should subsist together in any well-ordered life: amusement and respectability.

I discovered early that crying makes my nose red, and the knowledge has helped me through several painful episodes.

The essence of taste is suitability. Divest the word of its prim and priggish implications, and see how it expresses the mysterious demand of the eye and mind for symmetry, harmony and order.