They give me hope, courage, patience to remain true to myself, true to my lifelong ideals of womanhood.

I am certain you trust me, comprehend my motives, and will think no less of me because of my unwillingness to forfeit a conception of right.

He is absolutely nothing to me--nothing.

He never could be.

There are times when I feel that his death even could not fitly atone for the evil he has wrought me.