There is no shame — having a dirty face — the shame comes when you keep it dirty.

I would have liked to have known Oscar Wilde because I think he must have been very amusing and entertaining.

The enemy was anyone who was someone he wanted to be or who had anything he wanted to have.

A disquieting loneliness came into my life, but it induced no hunger for friends of longer acquaintance: they seemed now like a salt-free, sugarless diet.

Past certain ages or certain wisdoms it is very difficult to look with wonder; it is best done when one is a child; after that, and if you are lucky, you will find a bridge of childhood and walk across it.

Lively, too. Talky as a jaybird. With something smart to say on every subject: better than the radio.

Whatever relationship you have, man or woman, you have to be very attentive and you have to be a very good friend to them regardless of what they do.