Little animal that I am, sucking my flanks in and out with fear, I stand here, palpitating, trembling. But I will not be afraid. I will bring the whip down on my flanks. I am not a whimpering little animal making for the shadow.

“women are so suspicious of any interest that has not some obvious motive behind…”

“Few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to book…”

“She thought there were no Gods; no one was to blame; and so she evolved this at…”

“There is a coherence in things, a stability; something... is immune from change…”