Of two evils, I always choose the lesser.

Sometimes it seems to me that the more we get hurt in this world the decenter it makes us.

In the economy of nature nothing is ever lost. I cannot belive that the soul of man shall prove the one exception

the occasional cries of a lost loon, strayed from its flock in northern migration, fill the swamp with sounds of wailing.

One feature about Los Angeles that I particularly love is the chance for association with all kinds of creative artists, a thing I never before have had. I certainly do love a number of the writers, the painters, the musicians, and the sculptors that I meet here. ... Next to the sunshine, I appreciate it the most of anything in California.

Of two evils, I always choose the lesser.

the friend in need is the one who is the friend in deed; ... if people were not friends in need, there was every likelihood that they never would be friends again in any conditions that might obtain.