She liked to make others' lives as drab as possible,...

She liked to make others' lives as drab as possible, perhaps so as not to feel too much regret at the dissolution of her own.

Anne Louise Germaine de Staël

Corinne, or Italy (1807)

Anne Louise Germaine de Staël Quotes

She liked to make others' lives as drab as possible, perhaps so as not to feel too much regret at the dissolution of her own.

She liked to make others' lives as drab as possible, perhaps so as not to feel too much regret at the dissolution of her own.

She liked to make others' lives as drab as possible, perhaps so as not to feel too much regret at the dissolution of her own.

She liked to make others' lives as drab as possible, perhaps so as not to feel too much regret at the dissolution of her own.