“Definitely not a Gertrude.”
“You are all a lost generation.[with credit to Gertrude Stein]”
“Godiva was tired and old and Gertrude Stein in spring bought a new car...”
“He came after Homer and before Gertrude Stein, a difficult interval for a poet.”
“You see Miss Gertrude is a genius. And a genius is a genius. So what if no one understands a word she writes. Some day they might.”
“Oh Gertrud,' I cried, intolerably stirred by the bare mention of thatbed, 'this is a bleak and mischievous world, isn't it? Do you think weshall ever be warm and comfortable and happy again?”