Death is the only real elegance.

["The Sun Also Rises" is about] bullfighting, bullslinging and bullsh[*]t.

There seemed to be some heavenly support beneath his shoulder blades that lifted his feet from the ground in ecstatic suspension, as if he secretly enjoyed the ability to fly but was walking as a compromise to convention.

without you, dearest dearest I couldn't see or hear or feel or think - or live - I love you so and I'm never in all our lives going to let us be apart another night.

The trouble with emergencies is," she said, "that I always put on my finest underwear and then nothing happens.

Nothing annoys me more than having the most trivial action analyzed and explained.

Spinach and champagne. Going back to the kitchens at the old Waldorf. Dancing on the kitchen tables, wearing the chef's headgear. Finally, a crash and being escorted out by the house detectives.