“Fidelity is for phonographs”

“Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing you hold down the adjoining.”

“Therefore we didn't talk of genuine things.”

“Not that life should end is so terrible in itself, but that it should end with so many disappointments in the essential.”

“I mean you have been disappointed in love, but don't you know how many things there are to be disappointed in besides love? You are lucky to be still disappointed in love. Later it may be even more terrible.”

“Is love supposed to ruin you? It seems to me you shouldn't destroy yourself out of life for purposes of love--or what good is it?”

“Some people, if they didn't make it hard for themselves, might fall asleep.”