“Critics! Appalled I ventured on the name.Those cutthroat bandits in the paths of fame.”
“I made out like a bandit. Not that I’ve ever made out with a bandit.”
“When I read that the flash came, and I took a sheet of paper. . .and I wrote on it: I, Emily Byrd Starr, do solemnly vow this day that I will climb the Alpine Path and write my name on the scroll of fame.”
“[Sharon Howard:] You know, I didn't expect a kid fresh out of college from Maine to be so cutthroat.”
“But in those whom no necessity forces to turn Author, who merely write for fame, and have full leisure to polish their compositions, faults are impardonable, and merit the sharpest arrows of criticism.”
“Well,' said Mrs Smiling, 'it sounds an appalling place, but in a different way from all the others. I mean, it does sound interesting and appalling, while the others just sound appalling.”