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

I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.

Crying can bring relief, as long as you don't cry alone.

In the future I'm going to devote less time to sentimentality and more time to reality.

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

I hid myself within myself ... and quietly wrote down all my joys, sorrows and contempt in my diary.

What I condemn are our system of values and the men who don't acknowledge how great, difficult, but ultimately beautiful women's share in society is.