My literary success meant nothing to me

It is not always wise to appear singular.

In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.

An honest politician is either a hypocrite - or he is doomed.

Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls

I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.

There is no solid satisfaction in any career for a woman like myself. There is no home, no true freedom, no hope, no joy, no expectation for tomorrow, no contentment. I would rather cook a meal for a man and bring him his slippers and feel myself in the protection of his arms than have all the citations and awards and honors I have received worldwide, including the Ribbon of Legion of Honor and my property and my bank accounts. They mean nothing to me. And I am only one among the millions of sad women like myself.