Oh! I don't think I would like to catch a sensible man. I shouldn't know what to talk to him about.

It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that Genius lasts longer than Beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves. In the wild struggle for existence, we want to have something that endures, and so we fill our minds with rubbish and facts, in the silly hope of keeping our place.

The sunlight slipped over the polished leaves.

What has the actual lapse of time got to do with it? It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.

To be in love is to surpass one's self.

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.