I do not sing nor play, but I adore music, particularly Chopin. I like him because I cannot understand him.

Fame is indeed beautiful and benign and gentle and satisfying, but happiness is something at once tender and brilliant beyond all things.

I've never made plans for more than a day ahead.

I began to be a woman at twelve, or more properly, a genius.

One must always say things that aim to interest, because in the world one must after all pay for one's keep.

Are there many things in this cool-hearted world so utterly exquisite as the pure love of one woman for another woman?

I do not sing nor play, but I adore music, particularly Chopin. I like him because I cannot understand him.