"My greatest pleasure was the enjoyment of a serene sky amidst these verdant woods: yet I loved all the changes of Nature; and rain, and storm, and the beautiful clouds of heaven brought their delights…"

"I must love and be loved. I must feel that my dear and chosen friends are happier through me."

"The deep connections of the soul are not to be broken by the accidents of life."

"Solitude was my only consolation - deep, dark, deathlike solitude."

"I am a solitary being, and I have ever been so."