Whenever you feel like criticizing any one... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.

Englishmen must have an island.

Possibly it had occurred to him the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. [...] It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.

The cleverly expressed opposite of any generally accepted idea is worth a fortune to somebody.

I'll drink your champagne. I'll drink every drop of it, I don't care if it kills me.

I hope I haven't given you the impression that I consider kissing intrinsically irrational.

I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.