“How sick one gets of being "good," how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours; embody selfishness.” IfsShouldHoursFourSickTwentiesBe GoodSelfishnessIf I CouldWretched Book:Her Brothers Her Journal Source: Her Brothers Her Journal
“If I can get on to my sofa and occupy myself for four hours, at intervals through the day, scribbling my notes, and able to read the books that belong to me, in that they clarify the density, and shape the formless mass within, life seems inconceivably rich.” IfsI CanBookSeemsAbleHoursRichFourShapesMassNotesIntervalsSofasDensity Author:Alice James