It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.
Great God, grant that twice two be not four.
Nature creates while destroying, and doesn't care whether it creates or destroys as long as life isn't extinguished, as long as death doesn't lose its rights.
Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse?
Don't force me into saying what I don't want to say, and what I won't say.
Tempered, gradual animation, the methodical restrain of sensations and energies, the equilibrium of sickness and health in each creature--this is nature's essence, its immutable law, this is what it's based on and what it adheres to.