Treasures are no longer to be got by instrumental art.
Why hurry over beautiful things? Why not linger and enjoy them?
I cannot be so bad when everybody is so fond of me.
I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you.
I once believed that I possessed creative talent, but I have given up this idea; a woman must not desire to compose — there has never yet been one able to do it. Should I expect to be the one?
You appear in the Novelletten in every possible circumstance, in every irresistible form... They could only be written by one who knows such eyes as yours and has touched such lips as yours.