- Am I a snob? First the question must be answered: What is a snob?
- A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.
- Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!
- Arrange whatever pieces come your way.
- As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.
- Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.
- [on strategy] There is a luxury in being quiet in the heart of chaos.
- [on solitude] Incessant company is as bad as solitary confinement.
- [on growth] For as it is impossible to have every experience, one must make do with seeds--germs of what might have been.
- [on experience] One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them.
- [on writing] Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.
- One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
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