It is only by putting it into words that I make it whole. This wholeness means that it has lost its power to hurt me; it gives me, perhaps because by doing so I take away the pain, a great delight to put the severed parts together

To pursue truth with such astonishing lack of consideration for other people's feelings, to rend the thin veils of civilisation so wantonly, so brutally, was to her so horrible an outrage of human decency that, without replying, dazed and blinded, she bend her head as if to let her pelt f jagged hail, the drench of dirty water, bespatter her unrebuked.

Unless you catch ideas on the wing and nail them down, you will soon cease to have any.

The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity.

I detest the masculine point of view. I am bored by his heroism, virtue, and honour. I think the best these men can do is not talk about themselves anymore.

You can't think how I depend on you, and when you're not there the colour goes out of my life.

Yield to that strange passion which sends you madly whirling round the room.