The habit of writing for my eye is good practice. It loosens the ligaments.

Let us record the atoms as they fall upon the mind in the order in which they fall, let us trace the pattern, however disconnected and incoherent in appearance, which each sight or incident scores upon the consciousness. Let us not take it for granted that life exists more fully in what is commonly thought big than in what is commonly thought small.

Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order.

Young women... you are, in my opinion, disgracefully ignorant. You have never made a discovery of any sort of importance. You have never shaken an empire or led an army into battle. The plays by Shakespeare are not by you, and you have never introduced a barbarous race to the blessings of civilization. What is your excuse?

Long ago I realized that no other person would be to me what you are.

All artists need a room of their own

With twice his wits, she had to see things through his eyes -- one of the tragedies of married life.