"Hid from myself, I cannot; I can hardly control the anxiety that grips me at this moment when I decide in my own interest to make an accurate clean copy of the hurried transcript I was able to obtain at the time only in the greatest haste and with great uneasiness." (Introduction, 3)

"So, Scorn Faithfulness, Regret Will Follow." (Introduction, 15)

"It is very dark; I shall not disturb you. I am simply going to stand under this street light; then you will be unable to see me ..." (April, 18)

"I scarcely know myself. My mind roars like a turbulent sea in the storms of passion." (April, 33)

"Love is full of mysteries ..." (May, 47)

"I hope that soon I shall have brought her to the point where she hates me." (June, 71)

"She must owe me nothing, for she must be free. Only in freedom is there love; only in freedom are there...