Work like hell! I had 122 rejection slips before I sold a story.

Ah," she cried, "you look so cool." Their eyes met, and they stared together at each other, alone in space. With an effort she glanced down at the table. You always look so cool," she repeated. She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw.

She admired him; she was used to clutching her hands together in his wake and heaving audible sighs.

Before you criticize others, remember, they may not have had the same opportunities in life as you have had

The strongest guard is placed at the gateway to nothing. Maybe because the condition of emptiness is too shameful to be divulged.

The best of America drifts to Paris. The American in Paris is the best American. It is more fun for an intelligent person to live in an intelligent country. France has the only two things toward which we drift as we grow older—intelligence and good manners.

I am a woman and my business is to hold things together. My business is to tear them apart.