"To you I am neither man nor woman. I come before you as an author only. It is the sole standard by which you have a right to judge me--the sole ground on which I accept your judgment."
"The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed."
"If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own."
"I knew you would do me good in some way, at some time--I saw it in your eyes when I first beheld you."
"I write because I cannot NOT write."
"I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward."