In the past few years, I have made a thrilling discovery ... that until one is over sixty, one can never really learn the secret of living. One can then begin to live, not simply with the intense part of oneself, but with one's entire being.

So long as the serpent continues to crawl on the ground, the primary influence of woman will be indirect.

Some women enjoy unhappy love affairs, you know, though I have always felt that they are greatly overrated.

Energy had fastened upon her like a disease.

Moderation has never yet engineered an explosion

Life has taught me that the greatest tragedy is not to die too soon but to live too long.

to be honest and yet popular is almost as difficult in literature as it is in life.