"One would not die from my cooking, but I am not sure one would survive my driving."

“Gradually he showed me everybody was going to help me in this...it was not a terrifying thing, but a great challenge.”

“That cold January day - and so many people... I'd never imagined it would happen nowadays.”

“One may well use one’s head even though one is in love. Someone has said that one cannot prevent lightening from striking – but one may prevent the whole town from burning down.”

“I hope I will be able to paint as long as I live.”

“One shouldn't write one's own epitaph. I hope people will remember me as one who did her best - and who wasn't an anachronism.”

“I was supported from every side by my family and by the ministers, but so much also by the people.”