the boys had learned that laughter stilled anxiety. It cleared away mystery. If you could laugh at something, it erased its importance.

- Mary Astor

to move the wheels of justice is a ponderous business.

- Mary Astor

Life without emotions is like an engine without fuel.

- Mary Astor

It's not good to make sentimental journeys. You see the differences instead of the sameness.

- Mary Astor

Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.

- Mary Astor

The reminder that there are people who have worse troubles than you is not an effective pain-killer.

- Mary Astor

Our security must be threatened in order for us to appreciate it.

- Mary Astor

A painter paints, a musician plays, a writer writes - but a movie actor waits.

- Mary Astor

The man who goes fishing gets something more than the fish he catches.

- Mary Astor