I must work, so as not to be a fool, to get on, to become a journalist, because that's what I want!... I can't imagine that I would have to lead the same sort of life as Mummyand all the women who do their work and are then forgotten. I must have something besides a husband and children, something that I can devote myself to!

Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on; I must become good through my own efforts, without examples and without good advice.

When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived.

The world has plenty of room, riches, money and beauty ... Let us begin by dividing it more fairly.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

I looked up in the sky and trusted in God.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.