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!

but i've slammed the door to my inner self; if he ever wants to force the lock again, he'll have to use a harder crowbar!

I live in a crazy time.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.

Our blessed radio. It gives us eyes and ears out into the world. We listen to the German station only for good music. And we listen to the BBC for hope.

People who give will never be poor.

Ordinary people simply don't know what books mean to us, shut up here. Reading, learning, and the radio are our amusements.