The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Every woman is wrong until she cries.

The past could always be annihilated. Regret, denial, or forgetfulness could do that. But the future was inevitable.

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

It's an odd thing, but anyone who disappears is said to be seen in San Francisco. It must be a delightful city and possess all the attractions of the next world

The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.

A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of herself. -Author Unknown As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.