We Americans... like change. It is at once our weakness and our strength.

and he loved her suddenly because she loved him.

A good story is obviously a difficult thing to invent, but its difficulty is a poor reason for despising it.

It requires the feminine temperament to repeat the same thing three times with unabated zest.

Men have ascribed to God imperfections that they would deplore in themselves.

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.

When she liked anyone it was quite natural for her to go to bed with him. She never thought twice about it. It was not vice; it wasn't lasciviousness; it was her nature. She gave herself as naturally as the sun gives heat or the flowers their perfume. It was a pleasure to her and she liked to give pleasure to others.