What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow.

The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food.

Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.

We are all each of us riddles, when unknown one to the other. The plain map of human powers and purposes, helps us not at all to thread the labyrinth each individual presents in his involution of feelings, desires and capacities; and we must resemble, in quickness of feeling, instinctive sympathy, and warm benevolence, the lovely daughter of Huntley, before we can hope to judge rightly of the good and virtuous of our fellow-creatures.

I'm not big on technology; I only get what I need.

I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship alone, I can hardly accuse myself of a personal intrusion.