I don’t like to talk to people, because I can’t express myself satisfactorily. I don’t say the things I mean.

When one has not long to live, why shouldn't one have fancies?

I like the sea: we understand one another. It is always yearning, sighing for something it cannot have; and so am I.

I cannot see myself as a wife. Ugly word.

It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country.

I always look well when I'm near death.

I'm a completely worthless woman and no man should risk his life for me.