I speak for those children who cannot speak for themselves, children who have absolutely nothing but their courage and their smiles, their wits and their dreams.

Never regret anything that makes you smile.

Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering - because you can't take it in all at once.

When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over.

Anyone who does not believe in miracles is not a realist.

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.

If we are meant to "love thy neighbor as theyself," then surely we should love the world's children as our own.