do you not feel that sometimes in life one's friendships begin by antipathy - sometimes by indifference - and sometimes by that sudden magnetism of sympathy as if in some former life we had been very near and dear, and were only picking up the threads again, and to such two souls there is no feeling that they are strangers.
Elinor GlynAmerican humor ... is not subtle. It is something that makes you laugh the moment you hear it, you have not to think a scrap.
Elinor GlynAmerican husbands are the best in the world; no other husbands are so generous to their wives, or can be so easily divorced.
Elinor GlynIt's that quality possessed by some which draws al others with magnetic force. With 'IT' you win all men if you are a womanโand all women if you are a man. 'IT' can be a quality of the mind as well as a physical attraction.
Elinor GlynThe early symptoms of the disease [California Curse], which break out almost on arrival in Hollywood, are a sense of exaggerated self-importance and self-centeredness which naturally alienates all old friends. Next comes a great desire for and belief in the importance of money above all else, a loss of the normal sense of humor and proportion and finally, in extreme cases, the abandonment of all previous standards of moral value.
Elinor Glyn