“Saturday 12 July 1823 [Halifax] Could not sleep last night. Dozing, hot & disturbed ... a violent longing for a female companion came over me. Never remember feeling it so painfully before ... It was absolute pain to me.” — Anne Lister Copy Share Image
“Monday 29 January 1821 [Halifax] I love and only love the fairer sex and thus beloved by them in turn, my heart revolts from any love but theirs.” — Anne Lister Copy Share Image
“Saturday 12 July 1823 [Halifax] Could not sleep last night. Dozing, hot & disturbed ... a violent longing for a female companion came over… — Anne Lister Copy Share Image
“Monday 29 January 1821 [Halifax] I love and only love the fairer sex and thus beloved by them in turn, my heart revolts from… — Anne Lister Copy Share Image
“Friday 22 June 1821 [Halifax] I owe a good deal to this journal. By unburdening my mind on paper I feel, as it were,… — Anne Lister Copy Share Image
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![“Friday 22 June 1821 [Halifax] I owe a good deal to this journal. By unburdening my mind on paper I feel, as it were, in some degree to get rid of it; it seems made over to a friend that hears it patiently, keeps it faithfully, and by never forgetting anything, is always ready to compare the past &…” quote by Anne Lister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b96/anne-lister-75036_friday_friday-22-june-1821-halifax-i-owe-a-good_2954766.jpg)