all the time something within her was crying for a decision. She wanted her life shaped now, immediately — and the decision must be made by some force — of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality — that was close at hand

I don’t want just words. If that’s all you have for me, you’d better go

Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

Ernest [Hemmingway] was always ready to lend a helping hand to the one on the rung above him.

Nothing any good isn't hard.

One girl can be pretty - but a dozen are only a chorus.

I carry the place around the world in my heart but sometimes I try to shake it off in my dreams