"I'm taking about love, not begging! Love shouldn't make a beggar of one. I wouldn't want love if I had to beg for it, to barter or qualify it. And I should despise it if anyone ever begged for my love. Love is something that must be given - it can't be bought with words or pity, or even reason."

Jacqueline Susann - Valley Of The Dolls

"People parted, years passed, they met again - and the meeting proved no reunion, offered no warm memories, only the acid knowledge that time had passed and things weren't as bright or attractive as they had been."

Jacqueline Susann - Valley Of The Dolls

"And I've learned something - guys will leave you, your looks will go, your kids will grow up and everything you thought was great will go sour. All you can really count on is yourself and your talent.

Jacqueline Susann - Valley Of The Dolls