We show girls were forced to live in whorehouses in each town, no other accommodations being available.

What broke Mom's heart was realizing that her children knew nothing and cared nothing about the better side of life.

I don't care to dress up except when it is necessary or good for my business.

My father came back one day and forced my mother to submit to him. He raped her, holding a knife.

Nothing can beat the smell of dew and flowers and the odor that comes out of the earth when the sun goes down.

Asking what I considered an impossible salary when I didn't want to work for someone has boosted my pay again and again.

You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of the family.