"I feel little reluctance in complying with your request. You know not fully the cause of my sorrows. You are a strang…"

"He describes him in general terms, as the most incomprehensible and formidable among men; as engaged in schemes, reas…"

"Bloodshed is the trade, and horror is the element of this man."

"I used to suppose that certain evils could never befall a being in possession of a sound mind; that true virtue suppl…"

"Purposes fraught with horror, that shun the light, and contemplate the pollution of innocence are here engendered, an…"

"Scanned by the eyes of this intelligence, your path will be without pits to swallow, or snares to entangle you. Envir…"

"My narrative may be invaded by inaccuracy and confusion; but if I live no longer, I will, at least, live to complete …"

"But now, severed from the companion of my infancy, the partaker of all my thoughts, my cares, and my wishes, I was li…"

"I sought not in her visage, for the tinge of the morning, and the lustre of heaven. These had vanished with life; but…"

"Grief carries its own antidote along with it."