A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.

Life was life. It happened. You never knew what was going to come at you. Or how you could defend yourself.

Even the most powerful woman needs a place to unwind.

We are each the authors of our own lives, Emma. We live in what we have created. There is no way to shift the blame and no one else to accept the accolades.

He who ascends to mountaintops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below

Elizabeth lay face-down on the massage table, and allowed Marco to relieve the stress of the business day with firm and knowing fingers. Success, she decided, was often a matter of knowing when to relax.

Life always gets harder towards the summit - the cold increases, responsibility increases