The hangover became a part of the day as well allowed-for as the Spanish siesta.

So there was not an "I" anymore - not a basis on which I could organize my self-respect - save my limitless capacity for toil that it seemed I possessed no more.

Women are necessarily capable of almost anything in their struggle for survival and can scarcely be convicted of such man-made crimes as “cruelty.

You can’t repeat the past.” “Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously. “Why of course you can!

Laughter is easier minute by minute, spilled with prodigality, tipped out at a cheerful word.

A writer's temperament is continually making him do things he can never repair.

As he took her hand she saw him look her over from head to foot, a gesture she recognized and that made her feel at home, but gave her always a faint feeling of superiority to whoever made it. If her person was property she could exercise whatever advantage was inherent in its ownership.