…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

Conceit spoils the finest genius.

...freedom being the sauce best beloved by the boyish soul.

I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I'm not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.

You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one.

life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.

…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties.

John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!

Thinking without awareness is the main dilemma of human existence.

Of course ya love me. I'm very loveable.

Wedged as we are between two eternities of idleness, there is no excuse for being idle now.

There is nothing that is meritorious but virtue and friendship.

It's actually amazing because you go so far into another side of your brain when you're studying something completely different, and I loved it.

I hate having people sit in on meetings.

Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.

Art arises from sources other than logic." (p.32)

Every man contemplates an angel in his future self.

It's fun when you're winning and performing well, but it's also hard because now you get older, you got responsibilities.