No severe or prolonged bodily illness followed this incident of the red-room: it only gave my nerves a shock, of which I feel the reverberation to this day.
I like rudeness a great deal better than flattery.
If men could see us as we really are, they would be a little amazed.
Take my love. One day share my life. Be my dearest, first on earth.
We should acknowledge God merciful, but not always for us comprehensible.
I stood lonely enough, but to that feeling of isolation I was accustomed: it did not oppress me much.