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

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

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

“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!”

“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.”

“. . . clumsiness is often mated with a love of solitude.”

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