Eleanor Roosevelt

I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Anais Nin

There were always in me, two women at least: One woman desperate and bewildered, who felt she was drowning; and another who would leap into a scene as upon a stage, conceal her true emotions because they were weaknesses, helplessnesses, despair, and present to the world only a smile, an eagerness, curiosity, enthusiasm, interest.
Anais Nin