Louis Auchincloss

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.

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.

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

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

Only little boys and old men sneer at love.

Only little boys and old men sneer at love.

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.