Vicki Baum

I felt and still feel that a writer should always have some profession which brings him into close contact with the realities of life.

Curious, how each one of us secretly carries his private cemetery around with him and watches it filling up with ever new graves. The last one to be our own...

Worries are the most stubborn habits in the world. Even after a poor man has won a huge lottery prize, he will still for months wake up in the night with a start, worrying about food and rent.

Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply. 

People don’t speak of hunger when they know what it is to be hungry. 

There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.

Vicki Baum