I know what it's like to feel marginalized and defeated and humiliated by suffering from a mental illness.

I love the life I've had.

I have five of the most beautiful children.

I don't think Pierre Trudeau knew how to be a husband. I couldn't stay in that marriage.

When you're mentally ill, sometimes you're so self-involved that you forget how much you're hurting all the people around you who love you so much, because you don't understand that you've got to get help.

For me, because I'm a mental health advocate, I want everyone to be the healthiest they can be.

Suddenly I turned 65 and realized, 'Oh my goodness, I'm old.' I think it was when I got into the movie theatres cheaper.

I feel very confident and positive about my life.

I prepared myself for my marriage to Pierre Trudeau, but I didn't prepare myself for marriage to the prime minister.

I have studied Freud and that kind of thing. I just never thought I would need it.

There's nothing antifeminist about showing a lovely body; it's part of the person you are.

I miss being exposed to the leading thinkers of the world.

I have worked hard to become happy. It was a real struggle.

Who am I - Canada's Rodney Dangerfield? I get no respect.

Everywhere I go, particularly when there's people who know me or recognize me, I get the warmest hugs and happiest sighs full of hope and full of relief.

I've had enough of being public property.

I am not a weirdo, a wacko, or an eccentric for wanting to do good, honest work on a day-to-day basis.

I don't think I'm marriage material, to tell you the truth. I'd be a bad choice. But I'd be darling at being a girlfriend.

I was a late bloomer on the career front.

I'm an old hippie who lives in the now. I seldom look forward, but we have to.

I turned 65 and thought, 'Oh my God, I'm a senior. How did this happen?'

I have learned one thing: the only thing you can change about your husband is the way he dresses.

Our youth-oriented society does not have a clearly defined place for the older woman.

Simply put, women should prepare in their 50s for the rest of their lives.