You must pay the penalty of growing-up, Paul. You must leave fairyland behind you.

Few women are so beautiful and charming that they can afford to divest themselves of any portion of their charm; so they are very foolish to do so by smoking. It doesn't matter about men. Men look ugly and silly, too, when smoking. But it isn't beauty that matters with them-only strength

You must pay the penalty of growing-up, Paul. You must leave fairyland behind you.

there's no use trying to live in other people's opinions. The only thing to do is live in your own.

Being frightened of things is worse than the things themselves.

I don't like green Christmases. They're not green—they're just nasty faded browns and grays.

Mrs. Spencer said it was wicked of me to talk like that, but I didn’t mean to be wicked. It’s so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn’t it?