I'm a completely worthless woman and no man should risk his life for me.

All alike, you men. You only want the satisfaction of being through with us first, that's all. So far I've had the good fortune of beating you to it. So I am heartless.

It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country.

[When asked if she believed in "women's lib":] Not really. Not when I see what most of them look like.

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be let alone!' There is all the difference.

I live like a monk: with one toothbrush, one cake of soap, and a pot of cream.

I don’t like to talk to people, because I can’t express myself satisfactorily. I don’t say the things I mean.