My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.

If you woke up each morning, and immediately dwelt on your ills, what sort of a day could you look forward to?

You're much more believable if you talk in your own voice.

I have no idea whether what I write will be of the remotest interest to anyone else. Some mornings when I read what I wrote the previous day I think it's fairly entertaining; other times I think it's pure rubbish. The main thing is not to take any notice, not to be elated or upset, just keep going.

I'm getting better, happier, and nicer as I grow older, so I would be terrific in a couple of hundred years time.

I didn't get excited by weight loss, and since I was already happy being fat, I couldn't see the point of it all. I'm 6 ft. and weigh about 18 st. or 19 st., but weighing myself is not something I do with much pleasure.

It was so silly to try to define things by words. What did one person mean by infatuation or obsession and another mean by love. The whole thing couldn't be tidied away with neat little labels." - Lena Gray