Austrian novelist (1888-1960)
When we are young, our parents run our life, when we get older, our children do.
VICKI BAUM
I Know What I'm Worth
I was growing tired of all the fussing and prevaricating, of the stolen hours and the secret rendez-vous; of the small indignities and broad discomfort that are part and parcel of adultery.
VICKI BAUM
I Know What I'm Worth
Cats will be clean in a pigsty while pigs will be dirty in a marble hall.
VICKI BAUM
Written on Water
It was the woman who first began to grope for the mysteries of the other's soul. She took his head in her hands and held it as though it were a large and heavy fruit, gathered in the sun.
VICKI BAUM
Grand Hotel
A woman who is loved always has success.
VICKI BAUM
Grand Hotel
To me, writing is not a profession. You might as well call living a profession. Or having children. Anything you can't help doing.
VICKI BAUM
I Know What I'm Worth
People don't speak of hunger when they know what it is to be hungry.
VICKI BAUM
Martin's Summer