"I'm an old woman, and I have seen many changes. And I have learned that the only thing that doesn't change is human nature."

"I have never been able to read a book in my life without being interrupted."

"I have sometimes thought that it was a good thing that I was not a man, for I should have been a very restless man."

"I find it much more interesting to be alive than not to be alive."

"I could not, at any age, be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on."