It gradually dawned upon me that there was no one more difficult to please than my mother.

I was at home then in the world of figures, but not in that of values.

Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types.

The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness.

School is a foretaste of life.

I came into the world two months too soon, I was in such a hurry.

I was always hearing that I was pale and thin and small.