"The weight that hangs upon our eyelids - is of lead."

"I do not write often now - not for want of something to say, but from a loathing of all I see and hear. Why dwell upon it?"

"Is anything worth it?"

"Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts."

"I will laugh at the laughable while I breathe."

"I am always on the women's side."

"Brutal men with unlimited power are the same all over the world."

"Oh, if I could put some of my reckless spirit into these discreet cautious lazy men!"