Marie Corelli Quote

I have longed and do long for fame, for wealth, for the world's applause, for all the things that you seem to think so petty and mean. How can I help it? Is not fame power? Is not money double power, strong to assist one's self and those one loves? Is not the world's favour a necessary means to gain these things?

The Secret Power: A Romance of the Time (1921)

I have longed and do long for fame, for wealth, for the world's applause, for all the things that you seem to think so petty and mean. How can I help ...

I have longed and do long for fame, for wealth, for the world's applause, for all the things that you seem to think so petty and mean. How can I help ...

I have longed and do long for fame, for wealth, for the world's applause, for all the things that you seem to think so petty and mean. How can I help ...

I have longed and do long for fame, for wealth, for the world's applause, for all the things that you seem to think so petty and mean. How can I help ...