There are always survivors at a massacre. Among the victors, if nowhere else.
If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is "thank you," that would suffice.
Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is: Don't screw around, and don't smoke.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.
Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.