Since it could be done what was the use of doing it, and anyway you always have to stop doing something sometime. ~ Ch. 4

I dislike it when instead of saying Jew they say Hebrew or Israelite, or Semite, I do not like it and why should a Negro want to be called colored. Why should …

Alice Toklas' father had almost once had an oil well they dug and dug but naturally the oil did not gush, naturally not these things never do happen to any one…

Explanations are clear but since no one to whom a thing is explained can connect the explanations with what is really clear, therefore clear explanations are n…

A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.