…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.

I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods.

I think we are all hopelessly flawed.

I don't think secrets agree with me, I feel rumpled up in mind since you told me that.

Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace.

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

We can't any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.