“I do not want to be admired. I want to give, to be given, and solitude in which to unfold my possessions.”

“I want to give, to be given, and solitude in which to unfold my possessions.”

“But I pine in Solitude. Solitude is my undoing.”

“I dig out beautiful caves behind my characters; I think that gives exactly what I want; humanity, humor, depth. The idea is that the caves shall connect, & each comes to daylight at the present moment.”

“It’s on the field, it’s on the pane, it’s in the sky — beauty; and I can’t get at it; I can’t have it — I, she seemed to add, with that little clutch of the hand which was so characteristic, who adore it so passionately, would give the whole world to possess it!”

“As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.”

“I want to think quietly, calmly, spaciously, never to be interrupted, never to have to rise from my chair, to slip easily from one thing to another, without any sense of hostility, or obstacle. I want to sink deeper and deeper, away from the surface, with its hard separate facts.”