No woman ought to pretend she's intelligent. And if she is she ought to have the intelligence to pretend she isn't.
Edna FerberPeople permit life to slide past them like a deft pickpocket, their purse-not yet missed and now too late-in his hand.
Edna FerberFunny, isn't it, how your whole life goes by while you think you're only planning the way you're going to live it?
Edna FerberImported actors, like certain wines, sometimes do not stand the ocean trip. This can be as true of American actors in Europe as it is of European actors in America.
Edna FerberTo be alive is a fine thing. It is the finest thing in the world, though hazardous. It is a unique thing. It happens only once in a lifetime. To be alive, to know consciously that you are alive, and to relish that knowledge -- this is a kind of magic. Or it may be a kind of madness, exhilarating but harmless.
Edna Ferber