I know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion, I have a religion and love. Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I’m a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage.

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

The reason for my starting a diary is that I have no real friend.

I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.

People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things.

We're not the only people that have had to suffer, there have always been people that've had to.

You must work and should not be lazy if you want to be happy.