though money is a fine servant, as a god, it does seem to develop all the evil qualities of the slave seated between the cherubim.

while nearly every way of falling in love is kind, every way of getting out of love is cruel.

there is such a mistaken notion abroad in this country that the individual who makes sharp remarks must be sincere, while the one who says pleasant things must be more or less a humbug.

... nothing, of course, is ever so strange as love to the one who is not a lover.

I know what kind of people would have the hottest corner in my conception of hell. It would be those who have helped to give goodness a bad name.

Though the worship of riches is an old religion, there has never been a danger that it might become the sole religion. And yet that is what is surely going to happen in the world.

you may call a person vain, and they will smile; you may call them immoral, and they may even feel flattered - but call them narrow-minded and they have done with you.

This is the difference between depression and sorrow - sorrowful, you are in great trouble because something matters so much; depressed, you are miserable because nothing really matters.

It is in bed that we learn to bear the inevitable. We are learning this all the time while we lie with our face turned to the wall thinking we are doing nothing.

An author who enjoys writing may sometimes please other people by accident, but he can never pass on to any one else the zestful thrill he feels himself.

one of the greatest hindrances to happiness in the present day is our tendency to standardize our conception of it.

I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them.

Nothing that is will always be.- Open Mic Singer

I would rather have someone say they hate me and mean it, than have someone say they love me and not.

I do so hate to be forced to be anything than other than what I am.

I can tell how lonely I am by how easily I'm fooled by a mannequin in a store.

I was fat! I was pustule-rich! I looked like a pink human grenade! When did I blossom into the irresistible little orchid that I am now? I don't know. Getting taller helps. It spreads out a bit.

It will be a shame if either side lose, and that applies to both sides.

We're all just facilitators. The real business is done by readers.

If I start thinking, 'Is this movie going to open? Is this movie going to do well?' I'm not focusing on the job. The job is to make a good movie.

Youth passes like a dream.