Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.

I learned a little of beauty - enough to know that it had nothing to do with truth - and I found, moreover, that there was no great literary tradition; there was only the tradition of the eventful death of every literary tradition.

...for a moment people set down their glasses in county clubs and speak-easies and thought of their old best dreams.

Amory thought how it was only the past that seemed strange and unbelievable.

He had no plans, no definite intentions, except to kiss her lips again, to hold her in his arms.

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.

Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel. Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.