Oh, if I could put some of my reckless spirit into these discreet cautious lazy men! – Mary Boykin Chesnut
I do not write often now – not for want of something to say, but from a loathing of all I see and hear. Why dwell upon it? – Mary Boykin Chesnut
I think this journal will be disadvantageous for me, for I spend my time now like a spider spinning my own entrails. – Mary Boykin Chesnut