Wanting is the beginning of getting.
It's only by being obstinate that anything is got, or done.
People don't know the consolations of being unsuccessful ... If I had been successful I should have had no peace or time.
Once you have felt the Indian dust, you will never be free of it.
It is an anxious, sometimes a dangerous thing to be a doll. Dolls cannot choose; they can only be chosen; they cannot 'do'; they can only be done by.
As one gets older being sad and miserable can become a bit of a habit. To counteract this, she suggests making a point of savoring such things as the tastiness of a piece of fruit, or other small things we might have been prone to overlook during our younger, busier days.