Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.
Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.
Always keep a window in the attic open; not just cracked: open.
The deepest quality of a work of art will always be the quality of the mind of the producer...No good novel will ever proceed from a superficial mind.
She had her own way of doing all that she did, and this is the simplest description of a character which, although by no means without liberal motions, rarely succeeded in giving an impression of suavity.