It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow.

Being gifted needs courage.

But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year.

I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light.

Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house.

School is a foretaste of life.

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