It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.

I can't get over my disappointment in not being a boy.

Back to him she would never go, but in her lonely life still lived the sweet memory of that happy time when she believed in him and he was all in all to her.

I love my liberty too well to be in a hurry to give it up for any mortal man.

books have been my greatest comfort, castle-building a never-failing delight, and scribbling a very profitable amusement.

In the books I read the sinners are always more interesting than the saints, and in real life good people are dismally dull. I've no desire to be wicked, but I do want to be happy. A short life and a gay one for me and I'm willing to pay for my pleasure if it is necessary.

strength and beauty must go hand in hand