It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving,... - F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over."

"I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't."

"Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke."

"It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did."

"An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional."