I'm one of those people who go through the world giving other people thrills, but getting few myself except those I read into men on such nights as these. I have the social courage to go on the stage, but not the energy; I haven't the patience to write books; and I never met a man I'd marry. However, I'm only eighteen.

Human sympathy has its limits.

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known.

The farmers may be the backbone of the country, but who wants to be a backbone?

The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want

Wine gave a sort of gallantry to their own failure.

I’m not sure what I’ll do, but— well, I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale.