I would be lost without the feeling of antagonism that people have towards me. I write out of defiance.

It is sad that unless you are born a god, your life,from its very beginning, is a mystery to you.

That is how I came to think that heavy and hard was the beginning of living, real living; and though I might not end up with a mark on my cheek, I had no doubt that I would end up with a mark somewhere.

Habit gives endurance, and fatigue is the best night cap.

When I'm writing, I think about the garden, and when I'm in the garden I think about writing. I do a lot of writing by putting something in the ground.

I know that the fantastic amount of profit that people want to make on anything is damaging. And that none of us seem able to resist it.

What distinguished my life from my brother's is that my mother didn't like me. When I became a woman, I seemed to repel her.