A family is a tyranny ruled over by it's weakest member.

A child hasn't a grown-up person's appetite for affection. A little of it goes a long way with them; and they like a good imitation of it better than the real thing, as every nurse knows.

When you loved me I gave you the whole sun and stars to play with. I gave you eternity in a single moment, strength of the mountains in one clasp of your arms, and the volume of all the seas in one impulse of your soul.

All problems are finally scientific problems.

You know well I couldn't bear to live with a low common man after you two; and it's wicked and cruel of you to insult me by pretending I could.

The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.

I like flowers, I also like children, but I do not chop their heads off and keep them in bowls of water around the house.