It seemed disrespectful to myself to entertain them so soon after other thoughts which I now wished to banish utterly.

I am not a hero of romance.

I am only a plain human being, and such is the constitution of my nature that the more troubled and disturbed is my soul, the more welcome is purity, truth, and peace.
But, after all, my feelings were not quite natural, and the change in them was too sudden.

It was the consequence of too violent a reaction, but, such as it was, it was complete.

I would not be hasty.