She had a passion for secrecy, but she herself was merely a Sphinx without a secret.

“The aim of Love is to love: no more, and no less.”

“Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are …”

“It was a poor thing she felt for anyone to be born a foreigner.”

“Sin is a thing that writes itself across a man's face. It cannot be concealed.P…”