The mouth was wide open and ripped at the corners, as though she had choked a little in giving up the tremendous vitality she had stored so long.

The mind of a little child is fascinating, for it looks on old things with new eyes-but at about twelve this changes. The adolescent offers nothing, can do nothing, say nothing that the adult cannot do better.

She was incurably dishonest.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

Very strong personalities must confine themselves in mutual conversation to very gentle subjects.

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.

I want to tell you about your heart— you've probably been neglecting your heart—and you don’t know.