“Though the desire for women troubles the body and the mind, I am yet glad that desire is still so alive in me, for its death would be ominous of creative moribundity.”

Links continuing desire with the survival of creative energy · Diary, 1939

• Art
• Love
• Mortality

“What diarist has not, at some moment, become ashamed of the numerous entries which belittle a friend or slight an acquaintance?”

Acknowledges the moral discomfort of rereading private judgements · Diary, 1936

• Friendship
• Truth

“I do believe that a woman would accept me for what I am and that our marriage should be one of mutual affection.”

Expresses hope for love founded on equality rather than pity · Diary, 1936

• Hope
• Love