In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.

There's a right way of doing things and a wrong way. If you've made up your mind to be different from everybody else, I don't suppose I can stop you, but I really don't think it's very considerate.

There's no substitute for will. Sometimes you have to fake will when you don't feel it at all.

The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness.

A classic,' suggested Anthony, 'is a successful book that has survived the reaction of the next period or generation. Then it's safe, like a style in architecture or furniture. It's acquired a picturesque dignity to take the place of its fashion.

It’s a great advantage not to drink among hard drinking people.

...their eyes are full of kindness as each feels the full effect of novelty after a short separation. They are drawing a relaxation from each other's presence, a new serenity.