I have a message to give to the world, and I shall not be thwarted.

I spent more time on dark ships in danger zones than any other woman in the world.

'O sleep, O gentle sleep,' I thought gratefully, 'Nature's soft nurse!'

Panic plays no part in the training of a nurse.

I do not want medical men to discuss whether or not my work is valuable, because I know what it will do. I want them to tell me how best this new knowledge of rapidly restoring paralysed people to health and strength can be applied where it is needed.