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.

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.

Illinois is a state of suspended animation and the people live in hibernation from Oct. to whenever it ever gets warmer.

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.

Much as I like owning a Rolls-Royce, I could do without it. What I could not do without is a typewriter, a supply of yellow second sheets and the time to put them to good use.

They say great themes make great novels

They say great themes make great novels. but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women.