Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.

I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm interested in other people's experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can't explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.

I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.

I went [to war] because I couldn't help it. I didn't want the glory or the pay; I wanted the right thing done.

If I didn't care about doing right and didn't feel uncomfortable doing wrong, I should get on capitally.

…proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.

I asked for bread, and I got a stone in the shape of a pedestal.