Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.

A publisher is simply a useful middle-man.

I feel that if I kept it secret it might grow in my mind (as poisonous things grow in the dark) and take its place with the other terrible thoughts that gnaw me

You must have a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?

The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature, and not its growth and development.

Disobedience is man's original virtue.

Life is the art of being well deceived, and to succeed, it must be habitual and uninterrupted.