Memoirs of Emma Courtney Quotes

“I feel, that i am neither a philosopher, nor a heroine – but a woman, to whom education has given a sexual character.”
― Mary Hays, Memoirs of Emma Courtney

“I had not only to contend against my own sensibility, but against yours also._The fire which is pent up burns the fiercest!”
― Mary Hays, Memoirs of Emma Courtney

“Farewell! Dearest and most beloved of men_whatever may be my fate_be happiness yours! Once more, my lingering, foreboding heart, repeats farewell!”
― Mary Hays, Memoirs of Emma Courtney

“I would have thanked you for being ingenuous, even though, like Hamlet, you had spoke daggers.”
― Mary Hays, Memoirs of Emma Courtney

“What is it we desire? pleasure, happiness. What! the pleasure of an instant, only; or that which is more solid and permanent?”
― Mary Hays, MEMOIRS EMMA COURTNY 2VOL