Am I going to change the world, or am I going to change me? Or maybe change the world a little bit, just by changing me?

- Sarah Louise Delany

Have your own doctor, who answers to you. If you don't, when the time comes that you get mixed up with hospitals, they'll treat you like a fool. ... …

- Sarah Louise Delany

Oh, Mama was a smart woman. It takes a smart woman to fall in love with a good man.

- Sarah Louise Delany

The world is a puzzling place today. All these banks sending us credit cards, with our names on them. Well, we didn't order any credit cards! We don'…

- Sarah Louise Delany

In our dreams we are always young.

- Sarah Louise Delany

Even with all my wrinkles! I am beautiful!

- Sarah Louise Delany

Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet

- Sarah Louise Delany

[On her 101-year-old sister and herself, at 103:] We have a lot to do ... People don't understand this. They think we're sitting around in rocking ch…

- Sarah Louise Delany

When you get real old, honey, you realize there are certain things that just don't matter anymore. You lay it all on the table. There's a saying, 'On…

- Sarah Louise Delany