"I also advise fellow women to be determined in what they do so that they can accomplish their goals."

"...Australia like New Zealand is still very much 'a man's country"

"I find it hard to believe that I do not have to go on somewhere else... but there doesn't seem anywhere else to go, u…"

"How bitter-sweet it all was, I reflected — flying about the world, visiting these great cities, meeting many people, …"

"the intoxicating drug of speed, and freedom to roam the earth."

"If I go down in the sea...no one must fly out to look for me."

"But England to Naples in a day is no mean feat for any man, let alone a girl without any previous long-distance exper…"

"...my only company the roar of the engine as I winged low over the ocean like a solitary bird... I might have been th…"

"There have been times when the loneliness has been so intense that I have longed for the sound of a human voice or th…"

"...would not even consider it until I had attained my ambition, for I was determined to try again."