Louis Auchincloss

The glittering structure of her cultivation sits on her novels like a rather showy icing that detracts from the cake read more

The glittering structure of her cultivation sits on her novels like a rather showy icing that detracts from the cake beneath.

Only little boys and old men sneer at love.

Only little boys and old men sneer at love.

Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.

Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.

We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they read more

We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they were.

With her high pale brow under her faded brown hair, she was like a rock washed clean by years of read more

With her high pale brow under her faded brown hair, she was like a rock washed clean by years of her husband's absences at conventions, dinners, committee meetings or simply at the office.