Only the impossible lasts forever.

The very condition of Woman is so subject to Hazard, so complex, and so grievous, that to place her at one moment is but to displace her at the next.

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

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?

For most people, life is nasty, brutish, and short; for me, it has simply been nasty and brutish.

My war brought me many things; let yours bring you as much. Life is not to be told, call it as loud as you like, it will not tell itself. No one will be much or little except in someone else's mind, so be careful of the minds you get into, and remember Lady Macbeth, who had her mind in her hand. We can't all be as safe as that.