But I always felt that I'd rather be provincial hot-tamale than soup without seasoning.

The sign of intelligence is the ability to carry opposed thoughts at the same time.

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.

Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.

His dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him.

How different it all was from what you'd planned.

Those days are over. I have to be won all over again every time you see me.