Blanche: No, I have the misfortune of being an English instructor. I attempt to instill a bunch of bobby-soxers and drugstore Romeos with a reverence for Hawthorne and Whitman and Poe!

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

It's interesting, isn't it? . . . the chandelier . . . it reminds me of mushroom soup.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.

Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead.

Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!

Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.

A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages.

Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families

A stitch in time saves nine......if the patient goes to the doctor early...

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

If you listen to music every day, you will be happy.

A good action is never lost

The operative condition on this particular planet, the central mode which human beings follow, is fear. We are taught to fear.

The mean reds are horrible. You're afraid and you sweat like hell, but you don't know what you're afraid of. Except something bad is going to happen, only you don't know what it is.

Watch out for trees and traffic. The change is slow, the impact great, yet we miss the one and mistake the other.

An enthusiastic heart finds opportunities everywhere.

There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles. It was the day they built the second automobile.