I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.

I think that if the atomic bomb did nothing more, it scared the people to the point where they realized that either they must do something about preventing war or there is a chance that there might be a morning when we would not wake up.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

Every woman wants to be first to someone sometime in her life and that desire is the explanation for many strange things women do.

You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

About the only value the story of my life may have is to show that one can, even without any particular gifts, overcome obstacles that seem insurmountable if one is willing to face the fact that they must be overcome.

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.