“The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven’t changed in 70 or 80 years. Your body changes, but you don’t change at all.”

“It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.”

“Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows.”

“No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick is not to get frightened. There’s nothing wrong with being alone.”

“When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a woman.”

“Often we can achieve an even better result when we stumble yet are willing to start over, when we don’t give up after a mistake, when something doesn’t come easily but we throw ourselves into trying, when we’re not afraid to appear less than perfectly polished.”