The room was not impressively large, even by Manhattan apartment-house standards, but its accumulated furnishings might have lent a snug appearance to a banquet hall in Valhalla.

There are still a few men who love desperately.

My god, there's absolutely nothing tenth-rate about you, and yet you're up to your neck at this minute in tenth-rate thinking.

The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. If they fall off, they fall off, but it's bad if you say anything.

It’s history. It’s poetry.

I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first one who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior.