I have no leisure to think of style or of polish, or to select the best language, the best English - no time to shine as an authoress. I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.

People of delicate health, selfish dispositions, and coarse minds, can always bear the sufferings of others placidly.

all the salt of Turkish life consists of politics and official intrigue.

Without any cant, does not Providence provide wonderfully for us?

I saw the desert, it grew upon me. There are times, when I have sorrows, that I hunger and thirst for it.

I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.

I have no leisure to think of style or of polish, or to select the best language, the best English - no time to shine as an authoress. I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.