I am a recluse at present & do nothing but write & read & read & write

Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.

I am poor - obscure - just eighteen years of age - with a rapacious appetite for everything and principles as light as my purse.

There are always these moments in life when the limits of suffering are reached and we become heroes and heroines.

To work - to work! It is such infinite delight to know that we still have the best things to do.

I love the evening star. Does that sound foolish? I used to go into the backyard, after sunset, and wait for it until it shone above the dark gum tree. I used to whisper 'There you are, my darling.' And just in that first moment it seemed to be shining for me alone. It seemed to understand this ... something which is like longing, and yet it is not longing. Or regret - it is more like regret.

Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month. Others just go over them.