I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.

Both she and I have grief enough and trouble enough, but as for regrets – neither of us have any.

There is no such thing as an ugly woman.

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?

What am I in the eyes of most people - a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person - somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then - even if that were absolutely true, then I should one day like to show by my work what such an eccentric, such a nobody, has in his heart.

Doing little things well is a step toward doing big things better.

We are having wind and rain here, and I am very glad not to be alone. I work from memory on bad days, and that would not do if I were alone.