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

So who's perfect? ... Washington had false teeth. Franklin was nearsighted. Mussolini had syphilis. Unpleasant things have been said about Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde. Tchaikovsky had his problems, too. And Lincoln was constipated.

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.

George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to.

I can get very depressed by a review that is unfair, unreasonable, and totally destructive.

Never play cards with a man named Doc, and never eat at a place called Mom's.

They say great themes make great novels