Besides, Mrs. Quesnt, did it never occur to you that we are not changing at all-that rather, we are simply becoming more ourselves?

I speak this way because I know how perilous speech can be…. A saber might be stopped by a shield. A bullet might be dodged by a stroke of luck. But you can’t dodge a...

I will not deny that my heart has long occupied itself with the most tender feelings for another. So strong were these impulses that I indulged myself by thinking that if I could not have...

Like a necktie or a bouquet of flowers, an idea was best if one did not fuss with it too much

when all of life becomes crowded with profound and weighty matters, making time to engage in trivial things becomes an even greater priority.

How resilient was the body, to return to its prior form so quickly! Yet the mind was formed of a less pliable substance. The emptiness in her thoughts would not be so easily filled. Instead...