“This shall be the last of my benevolent follies, and I will never be kind to anybody again as long as I live.”

“I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous.”

“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed....Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.”

“I love you, but I love the past even more. I long for it, I long for it, I am consumed with longing for it. The past! I shall cry, I shall suffer because the past will never come back again.”

“She shrieks above the din. "If you wish a battle, I shall give it. I am the last of my kind. I shall not lie down without a fight.”

“For my part, I am determined never to speak of it again to anybody. I told my sister Phillips so the other day.”