I want fame more than I can tell. But more than I want fame I want happiness.

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

May I never, I say, become that abnormal, merciless animal, that deformed monstrosity - a virtuous woman.

I was born to be alone, and I always shall be but now I want to be.

at this point I meet Me face to face. I am Mary MacLane: of no importance to the wide bright world and dearly and damnably important to Me.

The highest thing one can do in literature is to succeed in saying that thing which one meant to say. There is nothing better than that - to make the world see your thoughts as you see them.

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