“There will never be another Frida.”

“Being a peacock is not the only way to hide yourself, Frida. A pigeon can hide.”

“The power of words is awful, Frida. Sometimes I want to bury my typewriter in a box of quilts. The radio makes everything worse, because of the knack for amplifying dull sounds. Any two words spoken in haste might become law of the land. But you never know which two. You see why I won't talk to newsmen.”

“It's monstrous, what one person will do to another.”

“Everything you're sure is right can be wrong in another place.”

“If you never stepped on anybody's toes, you never been for a walk.”

“It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.”