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.

It must be awful to feel you're not needed.

I think it's odd that grown-ups quarrel so easily and so often and about such petty matters. Up to now I always thought bickering was just something children did and that they outgrew it.

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.

I wonder if anyone can ever succeed in making their children content.

I believe in the sun, even when it rains.

Deep down I know I could never be that innocent again, however much I'd like to be.