It is the crushed grape that gives out the blood-red wine: it is the suffering soul that breathes the sweetest melodies.

Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more.

Genius is expansive, irresistible, and irresistibly expansive. If it is in you, no cords can confine it.

Christ made no distinction, but opened the door wide to woman as to man.

Whatever an author puts between the two covers of his book is public property; whatever of himself he does not put there is his private property, as much as if he had never written a word.

What's virtue in a man can't be virtue in a cat.

People cry out, and deplore the unremunerative employment of woman. The true want is the other way. Women really trained, and capable of good work, can command any wages or salaries.

Love me, and tell me so sometimes.

One ought not to write for money, but I consider it a first duty after one has written to exact the highest possible price. It is not a matter which concerns only the writer, but all writers.

‎He often envied people who hadn't read his favourite books. They had such happiness before them.

Some of us enjoy with today, some with future and some other with past.

I live within the world of books.

Move forward not back. The people, places and things that brought you down only need you to bring you lower. STAY AWAY!

When a man takes care of what’s his it’s not charity.

Kissing was an extension of that, a celebration. A little party between us, amplifying our naive joy, our faith that the world was delighted to give us just what we wanted.

The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife.

There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those who say they have not; I dare not say, myself, but I will tell of The Street.

I'm clearer now in what I want to say, and I know better how to say just that.

There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom.