I was born 'neath a clouded star.

Hope died as I was led unto my marriage bed.

I never could be good when I was not happy.

It is not good for beauty that it should be a profession.

God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature.

Any religion which will sacrifice a certain set of human beings for the enjoyment or aggrandizement or advantage of another is no religion. It is a thing which may be allowed, but it is against true religion. Any religion which sacrifices women to the brutality of men is no religion.

The blind must not only be fed and housed and cared for; they must learn to make thir lives useful to the community.