Mark

“There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge.”
― Raymond Chandler, Red Wind: A Collection of Short Stories

“Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes.”
― Cole Porter

“Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity, and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.”
― Mae West