Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life.
About Louis Auchincloss
Louis Stanton Auchinclosswas an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. He is best known as a novelist who parlayed his experiences into books exploring the experiences and psychology of American polite society and old money.
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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.
American lawyer, novelist and historian (1917-2010)
A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull.
American lawyer, novelist and historian (1917-2010)
Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life.
American lawyer, novelist and historian (1917-2010)
We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they were.
American lawyer, novelist and historian (1917-2010)