Nobody else is going to do the things which are yours to be done in the world.

I have never felt that anything really mattered but knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed and had done the very best you could.

To me who dreamed so much as a child, who made a dreamworld in which I was the heroine of an unending story, the lives of people around me continued to have a certain storybook quality. I learned something which has stood me in good stead many times - The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.

It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.

It is impossible to be a cynic if you live a good deal with young people. Fundamentally, every young person has a feeling that the future is going to hold something of value.

We all grow older and we all have to live with ourselves.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.