A day will come when everything in my life will be changed, when I shall do good to others, when some one will love me, when I shall give my whole heart to the man whi gives ne his; neanwhile, U will suffer in silence and keep my love as a reward for him who shall set me free.

Writing a journal means that facing your ocean you are afraid to swim across it, so you attempt to drink it drop by drop.

And I refused to make any sacrifices; for nothing on earth seemed more valuable than my peace of mind, my pleasure and my acclaim.

Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort of frantic joy. I accepted everything, I believed everything, without struggle, without suffering, without regret, without false shame. How can one blush for what one adores?

No human being can control love, and no one is to blame either for feeling it or for losing it. What alone degrades a woman is falsehood.

Simplicity is the essence of the great, the true, the beautiful in art.

Humanity is outraged in me and with me.