Indeed there has never been any explanation of the ebb and flow in our veins--of happiness and unhappiness.

As a woman, I have no country

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

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.

The chief glory of a woman is not to be talked of, said Pericles, himself a much-talked-of-man.

The large shiny black forehead of the first whale was no more than two yards from us when it sank beneath the surface of the water, then we saw the huge blue-black bulk glide quietly under the raft right beneath our feet. It lay there for some time, dark and motionless, and we held our breath as we looked down on the gigantic curved back of a mammal a good deal longer than the raft.

My mind works in idleness. To do nothing is often my most profitable way.