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
Think, Will, I Think, Journal
Oh, if I could put some of my reckless spirit into these discreet cautious lazy men!
- Mary Boykin Chesnut
Lazy, Some, Could, Discreet
I will laugh at the laughable while I breathe.
- Mary Boykin Chesnut
Laugh, Will, While, Breathe
She died praying that she might die.
- Mary Boykin Chesnut
Die, She, Might, Praying
The weight that hangs upon our eyelids - is of lead.
- Mary Boykin Chesnut
Weight, Our, Lead
Is anything worth it?
- Mary Boykin Chesnut
Worth, Anything, Worth It
Brutal men with unlimited power are the same all over the world.
- Mary Boykin Chesnut
World, Over, Same, Brutal
Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts.
- Mary Boykin Chesnut
Love, Forgiveness, Lasts, Indifference
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
Want, Why, I See, Dwell
I do not allow myself vain regrets or foreboding.
- Mary Boykin Chesnut
Myself, Vain, Allow, Regrets
I am always on the women's side.
- Mary Boykin Chesnut
I Am, Always, Am, Side
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