It is a terrible thing for an old woman to outlive her dogs.

Being a memory play, it is dimly lighted, it is sentimental. It is not realistic.

America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.

A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.

Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead.

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. No woman can hold him. The wind must blow him away.

I know I fib a good deal. After all, a woman's charm is fifty per cent illusion, but when a thing is important I tell the truth. - Blanche Scene II