“A critic is a man who expects miracles.”

“He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.”

“What a sight the poor make in the moonlight!”

“All men of action are dreamers.”

“Women are all alike-- aye fussin' over their fal-lals and bedazin' a man's eyes, when all they really want is man's blood and his heart out of his body and his soul and his pride....”

“The audience had run to beards and magenta shirts and original ways of arranging its neckwear; and not content with the ravages produced in its over-excitable nervous system by the remorseless workings of its critical intelligence, it had sat through a film of Japanese life called 'Yes,' made by a Norwegian film company in 1915 with Japanese actors, which lasted an hour and three-quarters and contained twelve close-ups of water-lilies lying perfectly still on a scummy pond and four suicides, all done extremely slowly.”

“The man in her dream would ride up and surprise her on his horse…saying her beauty pierced such a great place in his heart.”