“The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read.”

“To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.”

“Art must take reality by surprise.”

“A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.”

“To jealousy nothing is more frightful than laughter.”

“Love lasts about seven years. That's how long it takes for the cells of the body to totally replace themselves.”

“There are many things that make a man irritable when he arrives home from work in the evening and a sensible wife will usually notice the storm-signals and will leave him alone until he simmers down.”

“Oblivion, she thought. That was the world she lived in. It was what they should name some countries, towns, and places.”

“A lot of men wouldn't like being called a romantic. It's not macho enough.'Quite often men are fools.”