He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it.

Now the answer ... is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning.

One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one's life with her.

If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write.

She was a fool and he knew it and because he loved her it had made no difference.

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated.