Egyptian Proverb: The worst things: To be in bed and sleep not, To want for one who comes not, To try to please and please not.

Long afterward Amory thought of sophomore spring as the happiest time of his life. His ideas were in tune with life as he found it; he wanted no more than to drift and dream and enjoy a dozen new-found friendships through the April afternoons.

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.

He's sensitive and I don't want him to break his heart over somebody who doesn't care about him.

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.

So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star.

he could transform the barest incident into a thing of curve and contour.