"Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it."

"I knew the labyrinthine intrigue of his marriage was of a nature to present us with difficulties, but I was assured of the naturalness of our joining. I was sixteen and the world was suddenly entirely…"

"The human mind is a wonderful thing; it can create and destroy, it can love and hate."

"Dreams are but the reflections of our waking hours."

"Let us live for each other and for happiness; let us seek peace in our dear home, near the inland murmur of streams, and the gracious waving of trees, the beauteous vesture of earth, and sublime pagea…"