"I'm not going to be a housewife, but an independent woman who works for a living."

"It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out."

"I still believe that people are really good at heart."

"I must work, so that I shall not be a burden to anyone."

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."