Occupation: Author Birth: March 21, 1905 Death: February 22, 1978
Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same. Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shop….
History must always be taken with a grain of salt. It is, after all, not a science but an art..
Relations are errors that Nature makes. / Your spouse you can put on the shelf. / But your friends, dear friends, are the quaint mistakes / You alway….
Love or perish" we are told and we tell ourselves. The phrase is true enough so long as we do not interpret it as "Mingle or be a failure..
Of the small gifts of heaven, / It seems to me a more than equal share / At birth was given / To girls with curly hair..
Women are not men's equals in anything except responsibility. We are not their inferiors, either, or even their superiors. We are quite simply differ….
The thing to remember about fathers is, they're men. A girl has to keep it in mind: They are dragon seekers, bent on improbable rescues. Scratch any ….
Borrow my umbrellas, my clothes, my money, and I will likely not think of them again. But borrow my books and I will be on your track like a bloodhou….
Aunts are discreet, a little shy / By instinct. They forbear to pry..
The saints differ from us in their exuberance, the excess of our human talents. Moderation is not their secret. It is in the wildness of their dreams….
The mass of men live lives of quiet exasperation..
The system - the American one, at least - is a vast and noble experiment. It has been polestar and exemplar for other nations. But from kindergarten ….
Marriage is a lot of things-an alliance, a sacrament, a comedy, or a mistake; but it is definitely not a partnership because that implies equal gain.….
Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or fly ….
Scratch any father, you find / Someone chock-full of qualms and romantic terrors, / Believing change is a threat..
This is the gist of what I know: Give advice and buy a foe..
Ah! some love Paris, / And some Purdue. / But love is an archer with a low I.Q. / A bold, bad bowman, and innocent of pity. / So I'm in love with / N….
Happiness puts on as many shapes as discontent, and there is nothing odder than the satisfaction of one's neighbor..
A bookworm in bed with a new novel and a good reading lamp is as much prepared for pleasure as a pretty girl at a college dance..
The East is a montage. It is old and it is young, very green in summer, very white in winter, gregarious, withdrawn and at once both sophisticated an….