Of poets I put Virgil first - he was greatest.

Of poets I put Virgil first - he was greatest.

I want to write such things as compel the admiring acclamation of the world at large, such things as are written but once in years, things subtle but distinctly different from the books written every day.

Some people say that beauty is a curse. It may be true, but I'm sure I should not have at all minded being cursed a little.

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

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

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