She realized for the first time that two people can never reach each others deepest feelings and instincts, that they spend their lives side by side, linked it may be, but not mingled, and that each one's inmost being must go through life eternally alone.

One sometimes weeps over one's illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.

Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.

Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.

You'll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.

I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.

There are some delightful places in this world which have a sensual charm for the eyes. One loves them with a physical love. We people who are attracted by the countryside cherish fond memories of certain springs, certain woods, certain ponds, certain hills, which have become familiar sights and can touch our hearts like happy events. Sometimes indeed the memory goes back towards a forest glade, or a spot on a river bank or an orchard in blossom, glimpsed only once on a happy day, but preserved in our heart.