Yes, she thought, laying down her brush in extreme fatigues, I have had my vision.

Why does Samuel Butler say, 'Wise men never say what they think of women'? Wise men never say anything else apparently.

There are moments when one can neither think nor feel, she thought, and if one can neithre feel nor think, where's one?

At 46 one must be a miser; only have time for essentials.

Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.

writing is the profound pleasure and being read the superficial.

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