I know I've done the right thing but I couldn't feel worse about it, and I suppose that is part of what it is to lead.

Do not be tempted by English roses. Their beauty fades, but their thorns are forever.

Without further warning, the sky opens up and cries.

Why does everyone want to own me?" Pippa mumbles. She's got her head in her hands. "Why do they all want to control my life -- how I look, whom I see, what I do or don't do? Why can't they just let me alone?" "Because you're beautiful," Ann answers, watching the fire lick her palm. "People always think they can own beautiful things.

I hate high heels. Walking in high heels for eight hours a day should be forbidden by the Geneva Convention.

I am dying a thousand cruel and unusual deaths as fifty pairs of eyes take me in, size me up like something that should be hanging over a fireplace in a gentleman's den.

I changed the world; the world changed me. Everything you do comes back to you. When you affect a situation, you are also affected.