“An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.”

“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”

“In order to write about life first you must live it.”

“The hard part about writing a novel is finishing it.”

“So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.”

“you can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.”

“Oh Jake," Brett said, "We could have had such a damned good time together."
Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. He raised his baton. The car slowed suddenly, pressing Brett against me.
Yes," I said. "Isn't it pretty to think so?”

“You know it makes one feel rather good deciding not to be a bitch.”

“And you'll always love me won't you?
Yes
And the rain won't make any difference?
No”

“But life isn't hard to manage when you've nothing to lose.”

“Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.”

“Isn't it pretty to think so.”