"My greatest pleasure was the enjoyment of a serene sky amidst these verdant woods: yet I loved all the changes of Nature; and rain, and storm, and the beautiful clouds of heaven brought their delights…"

"We are not formed for enjoyment; and, however we may be attuned to the reception of pleasurable emotion, disappointment is the never-failing pilot of our life's bark, and ruthlessly carries us on to t…"

"It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another."

"The sentiment of immediate loss in some sort decayed, while that of utter, irremediable loneliness grew on me with time."

"I am a creature of fine sensations, but I am also a creature of terrible imperfections."