"It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty."

"I have not wanted syllables where actions have spoken so plainly."

"There was something in her movements that made you think she never walked but always danced."

"Her deepest enjoyment was to feel the continuity between the movements of her own soul and the agitations of the world."

"The fire blazing in her dark and injured heart seemed to glow around her like a flame."

"She evidently the victim of was so the civilization which had produced her, that the links of her bracelet seemed like manacles chaining her to her fate."