... swept into the giddy vortex which keeps so many young people revolving aimlessly, till they go down or are cast upon the shore, wrecks of what they might have been

But many of the bravest never are known, and get no praise. That does not lessen their beauty.

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.

I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.

Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.

To marry without love betrays as surely as to love without marriage.