Louis Auchincloss quotes

A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull. (Louis Auchincloss)
We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they were. View quote
Louis Auchincloss
Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life. View quote
Louis Auchincloss
With her high pale brow under her faded brown hair, she was like a rock washed clean by years of her husband's absences at conventions, dinners, committee meetings or simply at the office. View quote
Louis Auchincloss
A man can spend his whole existence never learning the simple lesson that he has only one life and that if he fails to do what he wants with it, nobody else really cares.--Louis Auchincloss. View quote
Louis Auchincloss

Louis Auchincloss

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Occupation: American Novelist
Born: September 27, 1917
Died: January 26, 2010
Quotes count: 5