My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward.

I took a job at the pool in order to earn the five cents a day it cost to swim. I counted wet towels. As a bonus, I was allowed to swim during lunchtime.

It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious

When you're out of sight for as long as I was, there's a funny feeling of betrayal that comes over people when they see you again.

Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid.

My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward.

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.