I would rather believe that God did not exist than believe that he was indifferent.

I'm not full of virtues and noble qualities. I love, but I love strongly, exclusive, stedfasty.

I have an object, a task, let me say the word, a passion. The profession of writing is a violent and almost indestructible one.

nature has not changed. The night is still unsullied, the stars still twinkle, and the wild thyme smells as sweetly now as it did then ... We may be afflicted and unhappy, but no one can take from us the sweet delight which is nature's gift to those who love her and her poetry.

When they are among us cats are angels

It is high time that we had lights that are not incendiary torches.

Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven.