"I was raised by a mother who was a Christian Scientist. I call her a Christian Dior Scientist. She is basically optimistic, which is frightening sometimes. On the other hand, I was also raised by a father who was a veteran who had been blown across a bridge in a kamikaze attack and who was left to die. So he gave me one view and she gave me another, and between the two of them basically you function.
"And that's how I lived. He was very much a realist about his life. And she took the optimistic road where everything was wonderful and blueberries and happiness. And between the two of them, they named me Carolina — no! They gave me both sides of the deal."
[The Hartford Courant, 1998]