“Her pupils were at once her salvation and her despair. They gave her the means of supporting life, but they made life hardly worth supporting. ”

“If you love her, support her.”

“Women couldn’t identify with her and didn’t support her.”

“A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.”

“a mother's death also means the loss of the consistent, supportive family system that once supplied her with a secure home base, she then has to develop her self-confidence and self-esteem through alternate means. Without a mother or mother-figure to guide her, a daughter also has to piece together a female self-image of her own.”

“Her emergence from that institution and rebirth as an effective and innovative mental health worker is not simply a miracle. Her dedication to self-healing, her persistent attempts at creating a helpful environment, and her willingness to receiver support from those around her, reveal her recovery as the outcome of careful and courageous self-examination and hard work. (xii)”