But what is more to the point is my belief that the habit of writing thus for my own eye only is good practice. It loosens the ligaments. Never mind the misses and the stumbles.

The history of most women is hidden either by silence, or by flourishes and ornaments that amount to silence.

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.

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

I want to write a novel about Silence," he said; “the things people don’t say.

... the transaction between a writer and the spirit of the age is one of infinite delicacy, and upon a nice arrangement between the two the whole fortune of his works depend.

Writing is a divine art, and the more I write and read the more I love it.