She would of been a good woman," said The Misfit, "if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life.

Harcourt sent my book to Evelyn Waugh and his comment was: “If this is really the unaided work of a young lady, it is a remarkable product.” My mother was vastly insulted. She put the emphasis on if and lady. Does he suppose you’re not a lady? she says.

You shall know the truth, and it will make you odd.

Art transcends its limitations only by staying within them.

She was a good Christian woman with a large respect for religion, though she did not, of course, believe any of it was true.

All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.

That's the trouble with you preachers," he said. "You've all got too good to believe in anything," and he drove off with a look of disgust and righteousness.