My Childhood Was Appalling.

If They Can't Do It In California, It Can't Be Done Anywhere.

My Life Has Been Tragic And Disastrous Since Birth.

I Shudder At The Very Thought Of Being Born Again Into This World. Life To Me . . . Has Been A Monstrous, Painful, Agonizing Affair, And The Idea Of Repeating Such An Existence - Even If Better In A Way - Is Horrifying To Me. . . . I Gratefully Look Forward To Oblivion, But I Must Be Sure Of It.

The American Insanity For Loving Everybody Is Ruining My Good Temper And Delivering My Stomach To Enormous Bouts With Acidity.

Contrary To General Opinion, Women Are Not So Sentimental As Men, But Are Much More Hardheaded.