How different it all was from what you'd planned.

A woman should be able to kiss a man beautifully and romantically without any desire to be either his wife or his mistress.

I hope you live a life you're proud of...

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.

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

Human sympathy has its limits.

They had spent a year in France for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together.