Vera Caspary Quotes & Sayings

The cat crossed the street daintily, pointing his feet like a ballet dancer, lifting them high as if his feet were too good for the pavement. — Vera Caspary

For this was the age of The Girl. We had come out of the back parlor, out of the kitchen and nursery, we turned our backs upon the blackboards, shed aprons and paper cuffs. A war had freed us and given women a new kind of self-respect.
The adjective poor no longer preceded the once disreputable "working girl". It was honorable, it was jolly, it was even superior to be a "career girl". — Vera Caspary

There are a lot of people who haven't got the brains for their educations. — Vera Caspary

My mind was clear and penetrating at the time, for it was midnight, the hour at which I am most brave and most free. — Vera Caspary

It's when you have friends that you can afford to be lonely. When you know a lot of people, loneliness becomes a luxury. It's only when you're forced to be lonely that it's bad. — Vera Caspary

Money can be more of a barrier between people than language or race or religion. — Vera Caspary

If the dreams of any so-called normal man were exposed ... there would be no more gravity and dignity left for mankind. — Vera Caspary

Love is eternal. It has been the strongest motivation for human actions throughout history. Love is stronger than life. It reaches beyond the dark shadow of death. — Vera Caspary

A smile couldn't be brought into court as evidence. You couldn't arrest a man because he had trembled. Brown eyes had stolen a peep at gray eyes, so what? The tone of a voice was something that died with a word. — Vera Caspary

Life itself is contradictory. Only death is consistent. — Vera Caspary

Because I was moved by the sorry spectacle of a conventional young man thinking that he had become radically unconventional. — Vera Caspary