Nerve troubles come as a rule, I think, from the under-used brain." "I must have been born with a butterfly disposition," she said.

"I am quite sure that mine come because I find it so hard to be amused.

I am sure I am most enterprising.

I try whatever comes along, but nothing satisfies me." "Why not try being in love with one of these men who've been in love with you all their lives ?" She laughed bitterly.
"The men who have cared for me and have been worth caring about," she said, "gave me up years ago.

I mocked at them when they were in earnest, scoffed at sentiment, and told them frankly that when I married it would only be to find a refuge for broader life.