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

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”

“I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. You can’t go an…”

“Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life.''You really must not s…”

“The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is wort…”