"Teaching is as sacred as priesthood. If one has not the concern for humanity, the love of living creatures, the vision of the priest and artist, he must not teach."

"The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it."

"Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where you renew your springs that never dry up."

"There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream - whatever that dream might be."

"A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love."

"At my age the bones are water in the morning until food is given them."

"The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one."

"Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before."

"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it."

"The world is full of women blindsided by the unceasing demands of motherhood, still flabbergasted by how a job can be terrific and torturous."

"This is part of the essence of motherhood, watching your kid grow into her own person and not being able to do anything about it. Otherwise children would be nothing more than pets."

"Sooner or later we all quote our mothers."