One must not look inward too much, while the inside is yet tender. I do not wish to frighten myself until I can stand it.

The heart of the jealous knows the best and most satisfying love, that of the other's bed, where the rival perfects the lover's imperfections.

Time is a great conference planning our end, and youth is only the past putting a leg forward.

Why is it that whenever I hear music I think I’m a bride?

We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart.

Even the contemplative life is only an effort, Nora my dear, to hide the body so the feet won’t stick out.

We are beginning to wonder whether a servant girl hasn't the best of it after all. She knows how the salad tastes without the dressing, and she knows how life's lived before it gets to the parlor door.