When Caroline Walker fell in love with Julian English she was a little tired of him. That was in the summer of 1926, one of the most unimportant years in the history of the United States, and the year in which Caroline Walker was sure her life had reached a pinnacle of uselessness.

Well, men go to musicals. Women are the ones that buy the tickets for plays.

Becoming the reader is the essence of becoming a writer.

The trouble is people leave too much to luck. They get married and then trust to luck. They should be sure in the first place.

They say great themes make great novels

Socially, I never belonged to any class, rich or poor. To the rich I was poor, and to the poor I was poor pretending to be like the rich.

In every marriage the wife has to keep her mouth shut about at least one small thing her husband does that disgusts her.