Louis Auchincloss

Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life.

Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life.

A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize read more

A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull.

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.

Only little boys and old men sneer at love.

Only little boys and old men sneer at love.

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.