Imagination grows by exercise.

She [Sadie Thompson] gathered herself together. No one could describe the scorn of her expression or the contemptuous hatred she put into her answer. "You men! You filthy dirty pigs! You're all the same, all of you. Pigs! Pigs!"

The good traveler has the gift of surprise.

Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural.

In heaven, when the blessed use the telephone they will say what they have to say and not a word besides.

Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?' The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly. Oh, my dear, it's rather hard to take quite literally the things a man says when he's in love with you.' Didn't you mean them?' At the moment.

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.