I wish I were supernaturally strong so I could put right everything that is wrong.

I like the sea: we understand one another. It is always yearning, sighing for something it cannot have; and so am I.

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.

Mr. Hitler was big on me. He kept writing and inviting me to come to Germany, and if the war hadn't started when it did, I would have gone and I would have taken a gun out of my purse and shot him, because I am the only person who would not have been searched.

I was always sad as a child, for as long as I can think back. I hated crowds of people, and used to sit in a corner by myself, just thinking.

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