“Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.”

“Another husband could be found and with That husband another son. But I have no mother now. I have no father. I cannot bring another brother to the world.”

“Best of children, sisters arm-in-arm, we must bear what the gods give us to bear-- don't fire up your hearts with so much grief. No reason to blame the pass you've come to now.”

“Give me a life wherever there is an opportunity to live, and better life than was my father's.”

“The happiest life is to be without thought”

“To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away”

“You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.”