What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers.

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

Don't tell friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.

It is how we nurture the good and deal with the bad that ultimately shapes our destiny.

A woman should be mindful that the key to one man's heart does not necessarily fits into the lock of another.

I know always that I am an outsider

My goal was to get through the day as fast as possible. I worked fast because I wanted to be done. I wanted to be done because I wanted to go home to my nest and drink.

Truly, one gets easier accustomed to a silken bed than to a sack of leaves.

Wars are never cured, they just go into remission for a few years.

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.

I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks; and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end. (Jo March)

Certainly survival is important- very important- but at some point surviving wasn't enough. I felt ready to complete my surviving journey and start thriving and just living.

If you let him go and he doesn't come back to you, he wasn't yours to begin with. It's a lesson learned in first grade