"Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny."

"Love as distinct from "being in love" is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit."

"I was with book, as a woman is with child"

"A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you."

"It is a very funny thing that the sleepier you are, the longer you take about getting to bed."

"Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else."