The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.

Quote by Ring Lardner

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A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big...

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big...

This story is slightly immoral, but so, I guess, are stories based on truth

This story is slightly immoral, but so, I guess, are stories based on truth

I've known what it is to be hungry, but I always went right to a...

I've known what it is to be hungry, but I always went right to a...

No one, ever, wrote anything as well even after one drink as he would have...

No one, ever, wrote anything as well even after one drink as he would have...

An optimist is a girl who mistakes a bulge for a curve.

An optimist is a girl who mistakes a bulge for a curve.

The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game...

The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game...

He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered.

He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered.

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big...

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big...

They gave each other a smile with a future in it.

They gave each other a smile with a future in it.