Destiny has a constant passion for the incongruous.
—Booth Tarkington
Topics: Fate
An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband.
—Booth Tarkington
Topics: Indecision, Decisions
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
Topics: Alcohol
Gossip’s a nasty thing, but it’s sickly, and if people of good intentions will let it entirely alone, it will die, ninety-nine times out of a hundred.
—Booth Tarkington
So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some.
—Booth Tarkington
Topics: Blessings, Gratitude, Appreciation, Happiness
Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.
—Booth Tarkington
Topics: Opinion, One liners
Youth cannot imagine romance apart from youth.
—Booth Tarkington
Topics: Romance
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