Education is the key. With a really good education, you have a much broader view of the world. Well-educated people can seek help for themselves. They can help others.

I think doctors have really come up to speed and understand that more women than men die of heart disease. [But] all the research on heart disease has really been based on men, and needs to be updated with research on women - even very early-stage research is done using male rats!

Reading will give you lasting pleasure.

I turned to books for comfort. (Former First Lady, Laura Bush)

There's nothing political about American literature.

I was so fortunate. My parents lived lives of service. They helped other people, that was their second nature; it came to them so naturally. It wasn't forced. This is their character, and it's a big advantage I have, being raised by people like this, having a secure and stable life, and a lot of love and encouragement.

A good book is like an unreachable itch. You just can't leave it alone.