“Something irrevocable has happened. A circle has been cast on thewaters; a chain is imposed. We shall never flow freely again.”

“Indeed there has never been any explanation of the ebb and flow in our veins--of happiness and unhappiness.”

“First a warning, musical; then the hour, irrevocable. The leaden circles dissolved in the air.”

“Nothing has really happened unless it's been described [in words].”

“All you need now is to stand at the window and let your rhythmical sense open and shut, open and shut, boldly and freely, until one thing melts in another, until the taxis are dancing with the daffodils, until a whole has been made from all these separate fragments.”

“Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation.”

“Heaven has mercifully decreed that the secrets of all hearts are hidden so that we are lured on for ever to suspect something, perhaps, that does not exist.”