Beauty is no handicap if you don't think about it.

I have never judged myself by other people’s standards. I have always expected a great deal of myself, and if I fail, I fail myself.

My mother taught me to walk proud and tall 'as if the world was mine.'

I can cook, I can breathe, I can live!

I hated my father all my life but in his final days I forgave him for all the suffering he caused us. As you grow older, marry, and have children of you own, you learn and forget. I do not forget easily, but I do forgive.

As far as beauty is concerned, in order to be confident we must accept that the way we look and feel is our own responsibility.

Isn't it wonderful to be alive? You know, you can forget all about it. Then suddenly you remember, and think of all the things you can do. Here I am. I can walk around. I can talk. I can see things and remember things. I am alive. How wonderful!