What fresh hell is this?
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I might repeat to myself, slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound; if I can remember any of the damn things.
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The poor son-of-a-bitch!
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Upon my honor I saw a Madonna Standing in a niche Over the door Of the prominent whore Of a prominent son of a bitch.
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[On her abortion] It serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard.
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Katharine Hepburn delivered a striking performance that ran the gamut of emotions, from A to B.
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Well, Aimee Semple McPherson has written a book. And were you to call it a little peach, you would not be so much as scratching its surface. It is the story of her life, and it is called In the Service of the King, which title is perhaps a bit dangerously suggestive of a romantic novel. It may be that this autobiography is set down in sincerity, frankness and simple effort. It may be, too, that the Statue of Liberty is situated in Lake Ontario.
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That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.
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Brevity is the soul of lingerie.
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How odd Of God To choose The Jews
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Dear Mary, We all knew you had it in you!
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The House Beautiful is, for me, the play lousy.
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Not Much Fun.
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On hearing an actress had broken her leg
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To Moss Hart regarding his extensively landscaped country estate
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Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we shall die! (But, alas, we never do.)
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[A] lady ... with all the poise of the Sphinx though but little of her mystery.
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On her honeymoon, in response to a telegram from her editor asking about some promised stories.
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Excuse me, I have to go to the ladies room. Actually, I need to make a telephone call, I was just too embarrassed to say.
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Salary is no object: I want only enough to keep body and soul apart.
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Excuse my dust.
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And she had It. It, hell; she had Those.
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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
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She is a combination of Little Nell and Lady Macbeth.
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[On the most beautiful words in the English language] The ones I like...are "cheque" and "enclosed."
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