We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they were.
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)