where I have seen good I shall speak of it with pleasure, and where I have seen the reverse, I shall try to be silent; for a book is meant to give pleasure, and pain that is inflicted in black and white lasts for ever.

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

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 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.

where I have seen good I shall speak of it with pleasure, and where I have seen the reverse, I shall try to be silent; for a book is meant to give pleasure, and pain that is inflicted in black and white lasts for ever.