"I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives."

"I can always live by my pen."

"Giving is living. If you stop wanting to give, there's nothing more to live for."

"I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong."

"I have learnt how to live, how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch."

"My greatest victory has been to be able to live with myself, to accept my shortcomings. I'm a long way from the human being I'd liked to be, but I've decided I'm not so bad after all."