It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.

I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.

For joy, apparently, it was all Franny could do to hold the phone, even with both hands.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.

Some game. If you get on the side where all the hot-shots are, then it's a game, all right - I'll admit that. But if you get on the other side, where there aren't any hot-shots, then what's a game about it? Nothing. No game.

But I do say that educated and scholarly men, if they’re brilliant and creative to begin with—which, unfortunately, is rarely the case—tend to leave infinitely more valuable records behind them than men do who are merely brilliant and creative. They tend to express themselves more clearly, and they usually have a passion for following their thoughts through to the end.