“Life must be rich and full of loving--it's no good otherwise, no good at all, for anyone.”

“I was surprised, as always, by how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility.”

“Something good will come of all things yet”

“It's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies”

“That's the story of my life rich or poor and mostly poor and truly poor.”

“Whoo, Frisco nights, the end of the continent and the end of doubt, all dull doubt and tomfoolery, good-by”

“And this is not the happiness of a magazine writer who sends in his gay little philosophy of life to the editor for the one paragraph spread in front of the magazine: This is a serious happiness full of doubts and strengths. I wonder if happiness is possible. It is a state of mind, but I'd hate to be a bore all my life, if only because of those I love around me. Happiness can change into unhappiness just for the sake of change.”