Quote  Category: Unsorted “It is sad and wrong to be so dependent for the life of my life on any human being as I am on you; but I cannot by any force of logic cure myself at this date, when it has become second nature.” - Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801-1866) Letter; in The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, 1970 - Scottish daughter of physician, writer at age 14, married Thomas Carlyle 1826. Email this quote to a friend! If there is an error in this quote please let us know. Famous Quotes © ® All rights reserved.