“I wonder, whether, if I had had any education I should have been more, or less, of a fool than I am. It would have deprived me surely of those exquisite moments of mental flatulence which every now and then inflate the cerebral vacuum with a delicious sense of latent possibilities-of stretching oneself to cosmic limits, and who would ever give up the reality of dreams for relative knowledge?” IfsGivingShouldHas BeensMomentsDreamRealityWonderPossibilityFoolLimitsGiving UpShould HaveOneselfRelativeCosmicNow And ThenDeliciousDeprivedExquisiteShould Have BeenVacuumsStretchingLatentCerebralFlatulence Book:Her Brothers Her Journal Source: Her Brothers Her Journal
“I wonder whether if I had an education I should have been more or less a fool that I am.” IfsShouldHas BeensEducationWonderLearningStupidFoolHumorousShould HaveIntelligenceEducationalShould Have BeenUnschooling Author:Alice James
“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
