"I am so constituted that I am always trying to get rid of myself, so that I can be myself."

"The greatest thing is to be able to do nothing."

"What a misfortune to be a woman! And yet, the worst misfortune is not to understand what a misfortune it is."

"The more an individual is alone, the more he is himself."

"To be a woman is something so strange, so confusing and so complicated that only a woman could put up with it."