"Life comes to us but once. Sadly, few savor the tastes of their early adult years, the years of promise. They think to live life fully they must plow doggedly ahead withour regard to remembrance. I've found, to the contrary, that the great joys and sorows of life can be captured - to be appreciated again and again, and to be passed on to those who follow as a reminder of the truth of the saying. 'I shall not pass this way again.'
I went to the Academy an impressionable young woman. And my time there was indeed one of those unforgettable seasons from whence was to flow the rest of my life"