Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy. The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
“In the days before deathly contrivances hustled them through their lives, and when they had no telephones- they had time for everything:… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
“Is this life?'Alice wondered, not doubting that the question was original and all her own. 'Is it life to spend your time… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
There aren't any old times. When times are gone they're not old, they're dead! There aren't any times but new times! — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
The things that we have and that we think are so solid - they're like smoke, and time is like the sky… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
“I mean the things that we have and that we think are so solid—they're like smoke, and time is like the sky… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
“We debate sometimes what is to be the future of this nation when we think that in a few years public affairs… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
The only good in pretending is the fun we get out of fooling ourselves that we fool somebody. — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
Gossip is never fatal until it is denied. Gossip goes on about every human being alive and about all the dead that are alive… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
Take your work seriously but never take yourself seriously and do not take what happens either to yourself or your work seriously. — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
“My wife says Ambersons don’t make lettuce salad the way other people do; they don’t chop it up with sugar and vinegar at all.… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
The only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her - especially if that is what she desires. — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
Some day the laws of glamour must be discovered, because they are so important that the world would be wiser now if Sir Isaac… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
The understanding smile of an old wife to her husband is one of the loveliest things in the world. — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
