I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.

The only virtue on which I pride myself is my self-doubt; when a writer loses her self-doubt, the time has come to lay aside her pen.

There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.

When she raises her eyelids it's as if she were taking off all her clothes.

If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles.

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.

I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.