“Scratch a female inmate, I've discovered, and you'll usually find a girl whose mother had terrible taste in men.”
“Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.”
“Scratch a fantasy and you'll find a nightmare.”
“Scratch a cynic and you'll find a disappointed idealist.”
“I've accepted the fact that because I'm human, I'm terrific in one thing, good at some, mediocre at a bit more, and terrible at others. And if you're human, you are too. You'll have to discover the one thing that you are good at and major in it.”
“Then you'll feel your cheek scratched...A little kiss, like a crazy spider,Will run round your neck... And you'll say to me : "Find it !" bending your head- And we'll take a long time to find that creature- Which travels a lot...”