"The wretched suffer too much ever to despise anything."
"I am no reluctant to open my heart to such sincere benevolence."
Gratitude
"I could not turn, nor retract."
"I was experiencing the extremity of human suffering."
"Better to trust in God's providence than in man's promises."
Faith
"I felt as though I could trust him with my very life."
"My pulse stopped and the blood rushed to my heart."
"I am not cunning; I am not a hypocrite."
Truth
"All is a blank and void."
"I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom."
"I would be a mere cipher in your household."
"I must be myself; I cannot be otherwise."
"I am resolved, come what may."
"My lot has been cast in pleasant places."
Gratitude
"I fear I am but poorly fitted for the possession of power."
"Blessed are those who have not seen, yet believe."
Faith
"The more unkindly you treat me, the more true my devotion becomes."
Love
"I am no longer a slave to my circumstances."
Freedom
"Better to seek the truth than to remain in pleasant ignorance."
Wisdom
"I have seen something that marks the nature of all life."
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will."
Freedom
"Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! I have as much soul as any."
Strength
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Happiness
"I am glad you are of a communicative disposition, for it has hitherto been my misfortune to have conversed with few people."
Relationships
"Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion."
Truth
"My heart is not of ice, and it is not of stone."
"I must keep to my line. It is right that I should do so."
"I am just as capable of being your equal as I am of not being your equal."
"I feel as if I were living a fairy tale."
Dreams
"I would not alter the past if I could, nor would I alter the future by a hair's breadth."