I flung my tongue round like a cat-o'-nine-tails so that my pleasant peaceful infant room became little less than a German concentration camp as I took out on the children what life should have got.

It's just as possible to live to the full in a narrow corner as it is in bigness.

When I teach people, I marry them.

What can be heavier than wealth than freedom?

A comforting acquaintance, hope, a contagious thing like spring, inebriating like lager.

I flung my tongue round like a cat-o'-nine-tails so that my pleasant peaceful infant room became little less than a German concentration camp as I took out on the children what life should have got.

You must be true to yourself. Strong enough to be true to yourself. Brave enough to be strong enough to be true to yourself. Wise enough to be brave enough to be strong enough to shape yourself from what you actually are.