“I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.”

“If you still have passion and if you haven’t become cynical and you’ve remained open to life, then no matter how old you are chronologically, you’re still young.”

“You can’t turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.”

“Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.”

“Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you’re just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.”

“If I’m remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that’s plenty.”