Vicki Baum

“Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.”

“Fame is a corsage you wear at the dinner table. But you can't take it to bed with you.”

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

“A woman who is loved always has success.”

“Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it’s a mistake to make a habit of it.”

“To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.”

“Grand Hotel... always the same. People come, people go. Nothing ever happens.”

“A writer is a person who has a story to tell.”

“For a woman, a man is a long time in passing.”

“It is a strange thing, we think we're so different. But we're all looking for the same thing.”

“Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.”

“The whole world is a hotel. People come, people go. Some stay for a night, some for a lifetime.”