The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.

I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.

My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer.

I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation

We are not old unless we desire to be.

Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls

There is no solid satisfaction in any career for a woman like myself. There is no home, no true freedom, no hope, no joy, no expectation for tomorrow, no contentment. I would rather cook a meal for a man and bring him his slippers and feel myself in the protection of his arms than have all the citations and awards and honors I have received worldwide, including the Ribbon of Legion of Honor and my property and my bank accounts. They mean nothing to me. And I am only one among the millions of sad women like myself.