"I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it's these things I'd believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn't all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything."
"It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did."
"Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke."
"For what it's worth: it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and if you find you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over again."
"A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain."
"That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong."