Life is always full of dangers and I don't think one should avoid dangers.

Little by little I changed my mind, and when I was about eighteen, I began to consider the possibility of getting married. Not to have a husband, but to have children.

To be a mother, a housewife, never cost me any sacrifice - I savored every minute of those years.

I discovered [Joan of Arc] toward the age of ten or twelve, when I went to France. I don't remember where I read about her, but I recall that she immediately took on a definite importance for me. I wanted to sacrifice my life for my country. It seems like foolishness and yet...what happens when we're children is engraved forever on our lives.

Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.

Ability is not always gauged by examination.

I always wanted to have children - if it had been up to me, I would have had eleven. It was my husband who wanted only two.