“The people who want regeneration to be permanent are fanatics for the happy ending, dissatisfied with themselves and with anyone else, unrealistic men and women, anti-Christs, who were entertained by the miracles but learned nothing from Calvary.”

“They say great themes make great novels.. but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women.”

“George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to.”

“The trouble is people leave too much to luck. They get married and then trust to luck. They should be sure in the first place.”

“Bing: You’re a heel…a low down rotten heel…anything that doesn’t go your way, anything that you can’t have you destroy.”

“When Caroline Walker fell in love with Julian English she was a little tired of him. That was in the summer of 1926, one of the most unimportant years in the history of the United States, and the year in which Caroline Walker was sure her life had reached a pinnacle of uselessness.”

“I am the least difficult of men. All I want is boundless love.”