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

Genius, apart from natural sensitiveness, is prone equally to unreasoning joy and to bitterest morbidness.

I am not good. I am not virtuous. I am not sympathetic. I am not generous. I am merely and above all a creature of intense passionate feeling. I feel—everything. It is my genius. It burns me like fire.

When I wrote my book I wanted to love someone. I wanted to be in love. Now I know that I shall never be in love - and I no longer wish to be.

When a man and a woman love one another that is enough. That is marriage. A religious rite is superfluous. And if the man and woman live together without the love, no ceremony in the world can make it a marriage.

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

Some day the Devil will come to me and say: 'Come with me.'And I will answer: 'Yes.