In 1948, during a lecture in Paris at the Sorbonne, she mentioned that she used to think that raising her large family had tested the limits of her patience.
1948. gadā Parīzē, lasīdama lekciju Sorbonnā, viņa izteikusies: agrāk viņai esot licies, ka, audzinot savus daudzos bērnus, viņai bijis jāliek lietā visa sava pacietība.