Ada Lovelace

I do not consider that I have nearly arrived at what I am capable of.

I believe I have discovered a method of choosing the combinations of variations which shall be consonant with given laws...

I am very anxious to talk to you. I will give you a hint of what my subject is. It is a scheme of mine for making the engine play a game of chess.

I find that my plans & ideas keep gaining in clearness, & assuming more of the crystalline & less of the nebulous form.

I am all impatience to hear about your evening... & whether you played any pranks with the engine.

I am more than ever now the bride of science.

My great forte is discovering the relations of ideas which have not previously been noticed.

The engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent.

A new, a vast, and a powerful language is developed for the future use of analysis, in which to wield its truths so that these may become of more speedy and accurate practical application for the purposes of mankind than the means hitherto in our possession have rendered possible.

I shall in due time be a poet.

That I have ideas which are not yet fathomed even by myself, is very certain.

I am very far from being one of those who deny the influence of the stars upon the destinies of individuals.

I am myself a happy example of the immense stimulus that a few words of encouragement, spoken in due season, may give to a young and ardent mind.

I am quite thunderstruck at the power of the writing. It is especially unlike a woman's style, but neither can I compare it with any man's exactly.

I shall be most happy to assist you in any way I can, and am quite ready to give up a great deal of time and trouble to the object.

I am very much obliged to you for the trouble you have taken, and shall be still more so if you can find time to look over the proof.