I am not afraid of it, for I have nothing but you to make me love life, and you, too, are going to die.

Do you remember the time when I used to grieve that I had never had a child to be some comfort to me?
I was thinking, a moment ago, how terrible it would have been now, if my wish had been granted.

It is a blessing for me, in this great misery, that I am childless.

Let us talk of old days, Louis, as long as we can--not of my husband; or my marriage--only of the old times, before I was a burden and a trouble to you.".