Every fallen woman represents a man as guilty as herself, who escapes human detection, but whose soul lies open before God.

I have never known my husband to approve any act of mine which I myself valued.

I think nothing is religion which puts one individual absolutely above others, and surely nothing is religion which puts one sex above another.

When the unwelcome little unborn shall have seen the light my brain will be lightened, and I shall have a clearer mind. Thank God that even this weary nine months shall come to an end and leave me in possession of my own body and my own soul.

It has been strange to me to return to life and to feel that I have any sympathy with human beings, after the long interval of quiet and indifference which succeeded my marriage.

The frozen ocean... of Boston life.

I was born 'neath a clouded star.