"I am in a state of glory; and calm; and something like wisdom."

"I enjoy almost everything. I am happy sometimes for a whole day."

"Pleasure has no room for the past; but memory is often a source of pain."

"I detest the masculine point of view. I am bored by it. I am sick of it. I am tired of being told by men what I am, what I may be, what I may not be. I am tired of being told by men that I am not a ma…"

"I am not an optimist. I am not a pessimist. I am a realist."