Quotation by Frances Burney

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To have some account of my thoughts, manners, acquaintance and actions, when the hour arrives in which time is more nimble than memory, is the reason which induces me to keep a journal: a journal in which I must confess my every thought, must open my whole heart!

Frances Burney

Frances Burney (1752–1840), British author. The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney, vol. 1, p. 1, journal entry, March 27, 1768, ed. Lars E. Troide, Oxford University Press (1988).

Burney's first journal entry, aged 15.

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