Life is painful, nasty and short.. in my case it has only been painful and nasty.

The truth is how you say it, and to be 'one's self' is the most shocking custom of all.

I have a narrative, but you will be put to it to find it.

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.

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.

Too great a sense of identity makes a man feel he can do no wrong. And too little does the same.