I am a daughter. My father is an example for me.

You see, I am trying in all my stories to get the feeling of the actual life across - not to just depict life - or criticize it - but to actually make it alive. So that when you have read something by me, you actually experience the thing. You can't do this without putting in the bad and the ugly as well as what is beautiful.

Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is.