It is too much to hope that I shall keep up my success. I don't ask for that. All I shall do is my best- and hope.

It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'

For me the only things of interests are those linked to the heart

It always boils down to the same thing - not only receiving love, but desperately needing to give it.

My goal was not to have huge luxuries. As a child, I wanted a house with a garden, which I have today. This is what I dreamed of. I’d never worry about age if I knew I could go on being loved and having the possibility to love... So it isn’t age or even death that one fears, as much as loneliness and the lack of affection.

Fewer things are lovelier to me than a full-blown rose when it opens up its heart.

You mustnt give your heart to a wild thing. The more you do, the stronger they get.