I'd never yell, "Good luck!" at anybody. It sounds terrible, when you think about it.

I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

Real ugly girls have it tough. I feel so sorry for them sometimes.

Ask her if she still keeps all her kings in the back row.

Oh, I don’t know. That digression business got on my nerves. I don’t know. The trouble with me is, I like it when somebody digresses. It’s more interesting and all.

How old are you? I asked her. "Old enough to know better." she said.

Franny was staring at the little blotch of sunshine with a special intensity, as if she were considering lying down in it.