Money Quote by John P. Marquand

“Distrust the book which reads too easily because such writing appeals more to the senses than to the intellect. Hard reading exercises the mind.”

— John P. Marquand

“Some day you will know that there is a beauty of the soul that is more important than worldly beauty. Remember this when you…

— John P. Marquand

“The mood is on me to-night only becuase I have listened to several hours of intelligent conversation and I am not a very brilliant…

— John P. Marquand

“Yet whenever he thought of himself as a dull, deluded opportunist, compared with other people, he always remembered the intensity of his own feelings…

— John P. Marquand

“Most people in the world don't know who the Apleys are and they don't give a damn. I don't intend this as rudeness, but…

— John P. Marquand

In the mornings when they were in the city, they had breakfast on a card table in Jeffrey's study

— John P. Marquand

“There can be no compromise between wrong and right. Germany is wrong and the Allies are right. The devastations of Belgium and the atrocities…

— John P. Marquand

I hope that I am as broadminded as others, and you have always seen a decanter of wine on the table.

— John P. Marquand

“Nothing which is worth while is easy, nor in my experience is the actual doing of it particularly pleasant. The pleasure arises from completion…

— John P. Marquand

“Materialism has made you worship Mammon and in this material world everything comes too easily. Heat comes too easily and cold. Money comes too…

— 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…

— John P. Marquand

“If George Apley failed to meet certain challenges, let us admit that we all have failed in some respects, and let us remember that…

— John P. Marquand