loveliness is infernally sad.
Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the rest of them scarcely have room to breathe.
Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.
In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.
The way to write well is to live intensely.
This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say.