I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free... Why am I so changed? I'm sure I should be myself were I once among the heather on those hills.

I pray every night that I may live after him; because I would rather be miserable than that he should be — that proves I love him better than myself.

A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.

Earth reserves no blessing For the unblessed of Heaven!

I take so little interest in my daily life, that I hardly remember to eat and drink.

It is hard to forgive, and to look at those eyes, and feel those wasted hands,' he answered. 'Kiss me again; and don’t let me see your eyes! I forgive what you have done to me. I love my murderer—but yours! How can I?