Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.

Nearly everyone I knew talked to me about God. They always warned me not to offend Him.

They will only care when you're gone.

If you spend your life competing with business men, what do you have? A bank account and ulcers!

(about her teen years) My admirers all said the same thing in different ways. It was my fault, their wanting to kiss and hug me.

Everyone’s childhood plays itself out. No wonder no one knows the other or can completely understand. By this I don’t know if I’m just giving up with this conclusion or resigning myself — or maybe for the first time connecting with reality. How do we know the pain or another’s earlier years, let alone all that he drags with him since along the way at best a lot of leeway is needed for the other — yet how much is unhealthy for one to bear. I think to love bravely is the best and accept — as much as one can bear.

Personally, I react to Marlon Brando. He's a favorite of mine.