Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy. The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium. – Booth Tarkington
There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink. – Booth Tarkington
He had not yet learned that the only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her – especially if that is what she desires. – Booth Tarkington