“Gilbert was always saying that he loved people. He needed them around him. He was always saying that he loved me, and I imagine he honestly believed this, though of course his handling of my career reflected favorably on himself. Love never did mean quite the same thing in the entertainment business as in less volatile circles.” LoveEmotional AbuseConditional LoveTransactional Relationship Book:Melville Goodwin, USA Source: Melville Goodwin, USA
“In the mornings when they were in the city, they had breakfast on a card table in Jeffrey's study” CitiesMorningStudyTablesCardsBreakfast Book:So Little Time: A Novel Source: So Little Time: A Novel
“I hope that I am as broadminded as others, and you have always seen a decanter of wine on the table.” TablesWine Author:John P. Marquand
“His father watched him across the gulf of years and pathos which always must divide a father from his son.” YearsFatherSonDividesPathos Book:THE LATE GEORGE APLEY Source: THE LATE GEORGE APLEY
“I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments.” KnowsInspirationalTenFellowsBrokeCommandmentsTen Commandments Author:John P. Marquand
“If you have one strong idea, you can't help repeating it and embroidering it. Sometimes I think that authors should write one novel and then be put in a gas chamber.” IfsThinkingShouldWritingIdeasSometimesHelpingStrongNovelGasChamberGas Chambers Author:John P. Marquand