It was midsummer, but fresh water from the gasping sprinklers made the lawn glitter like spring.

“The notion of sitting down and conjuring up, not only words in which to clothe …”

“Amory had loved himself in Eleanor, so now what he hated was only a mirror. The…”

“In the morning you were never violently sorry-- you made no resolutions, but if…”

“He literally glowed; without a word or a gesture of exultation a new well-being…”