If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the best you can do, and it's the fact that it's the best you can do that kills you.
Scratch a lover, and find a foe.
[When asked what was the inspiration for most of her work:] Need of money, dear.
You do what you can, and you do it because you should. But all you can do is all you can do.
I wanted to be cute. That's the terrible thing. I should have had more sense.
Because your eyes are slant and slow, Because your hair is sweet to touch, My heart is high again; but oh, I doubt if this will get me much.