Obey, obey, obey, then do what you want.

You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman.

Maybe we're all like that with our mothers. They seem ordinary until one day they're extraordinary.

You make choices that are good and sound, but the gods have other plans for you.

But there are certain books I would never put on a Kindle because you want to be able to look at graphs and photos or the footnotes and maps. You can't see that.

I love research. I'd go so far as to say I'm a research fanatic.

I didn't know you would be here last night, but you were. We can't fight fate. Instead, we must accept that fate has given us a special opportunity.