A sudden gust of rain blew over them and then another - as if small liquid clouds were bouncing along the land. Lightning entered the sea far off and the air blew full of crackling thunder. The table cloths blew around the pillars. They blew and blew and blew. The flags twisted around the red chairs like live things, the banners were ragged, the corners of the table tore off through the burbling billowing ends of the cloths.

If he had to bring all the bitterness and hatred of the world into his heart, he was not going to be in love with her again.

I think they're very attractive,' Abe agreed. 'I just don't think they're attractive, that's all.

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.

he was figuratively following along beside her as she walked the fence, ready to catch her if she should fall.

Debut: the first time a young girl is seen drunk in public.

You can take Hollywood for granted like I did, or you can dismiss it with the contempt we reserve for what we don't understand. It can be understood too, but only dimly and in flashes. Not half a dozen men have ever been able to keep the whole equation of pictures in their heads.