Mary Chesnut

Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts. ↗

— Mary Chesnut

#impossible #indifference #lasts #love #while

Brutal men with unlimited power are the same all over the world. ↗

— Mary Chesnut

#men #over #power #same #unlimited

Oh, if I could put some of my reckless spirit into these discreet cautious lazy men! ↗

— Mary Chesnut

#could #discreet #i #if i could #into

I am always on the women's side. ↗

— Mary Chesnut

#am #i #i am #side #women

I do not allow myself vain regrets or foreboding. ↗

— Mary Chesnut

#i #i do #myself #regrets #vain

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 Chesnut

#hear #i #i do #i see #loathing

I will laugh at the laughable while I breathe. ↗

— Mary Chesnut

#i #laugh #laughable #while #will

Is anything worth it? ↗

— Mary Chesnut

#worth #worth it

She died praying that she might die. ↗

— Mary Chesnut

#died #might #praying #she

The weight that hangs upon our eyelids - is of lead. ↗

— Mary Chesnut

#lead #our #upon #weight