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

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

I am a genius. Then it amused me to keep saying so, but now it does not. I expected to be happy sometime. Now I know I shall never be.

Of poets I put Virgil first - he was greatest.

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

I have never read a line of Walt Whitman.

I consider calmly the question of how much evil I should need to kill off my finer feelings.