But I have felt that to be a Jew was, in some ways at least, to be especially privileged.

But always, to her, red and green cabbages were to be jade and burgundy, chrysoprase and prophyry. Life has no weapons against a woman like that.

A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.

Whoever said love conquers all was a fool. Because almost everything conquers love - or tries to.

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

No woman ought to pretend she's intelligent. And if she is she ought to have the intelligence to pretend she isn't.

celebratin' New Year's Eve is like eatin' oranges. You got to let go your dignity t' really enjoy 'em.