I want to live quietly.

I want fame more than I can tell. But more than I want fame I want happiness.

I was born to be alone, and I always shall be; but now I want to be.

I want to write such things as compel the admiring acclamation of the world at large, such things as are written but once in years, things subtle but distinctly different from the books written every day.

I never give my real self. I have a hundred sides, and I turn first one way and then the other. I am playing a deep game. I have a number of strong cards up my sleeve. I have never been myself, excepting to two friends.

People say of me, 'She's peculiar.' They do not understand me. If they did they would say so oftener and with emphasis.