But please hug and kiss me, everyone, and don't mind my dress, I want a great many crumples of this sort put into it today.

My only answer is, if my grave stood open on one side and you upon the other I'd go into my grave before I would take one step to meet you.

I'll try and be what he loves to call me, 'a little woman,' and not be rough and wild, but do my duty here instead of wanting to be somewhere else.

Men are often bad, but babies never are.

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.

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

It's lovely to see people so happy.