The invitation to Miss Myra St. Claire's bobbing party spent the morning in his coat pocket, where it had an intense physical affair with a dusty piece of peanut brittle.

For what it’s worth, it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be.

Nancy had a mouth like a remembered kiss.

Amory: I love you. Rosalind: I love you- now.

Talk English to me, Tommy. Parlez francais avec moi, Nicole. But the meanings are different-- in French you can be heroic and gallant with dignity, and you know it. But in English you can't be heroic and gallant without being a little absurd, and you know that too. That gives me an advantage.

Lie to me by the moonlight. Do a fabulous story.

I just couldn't make the grade as a hack-that, like everything else, requires a certain practiced excellence.