Booth Tarkington

Novelist

1869-07-29 – 1946-05-19

Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and dramatist, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for fiction for The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams.

Books by Booth Tarkington

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Like so many women for whom money has always been provided without their understanding how, she was prepared to be a thorough and irresponsible plunger.
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My theory on literature is an author who does not indulge in trashiness-writes about people you could introduce into your own home...he did not care to read a book or go to a play about people he would not care to meet at his own dinner table. I believe we should live by certain standards and ideals...
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Like so many women for whom money has always been provided without their understanding how, she was prepared to be a thorough and irresponsible plunger.
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My theory on literature is an author who does not indulge in trashiness-writes about people you could introduce into your own home...he did not care to read a book or go to a play about people he would not care to meet at his own dinner table. I believe we should live by certain standards and ideals...
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Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.
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Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.
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So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some.
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There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.
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An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband.
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Mystics always hope that science will some day overtake them.
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