I understand that you are still grieving. But we will always be grieving.

Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them. —SUZANNE NECKER, WIFE OF JACQUES NECKER, MINISTER OF FINANCE

These will be my last moments of peace. . . . From now on, my love. . . will bring nothing but chaos.

I'd always thought I would feel like an animal released from its cage when my student days were finished, I felt more like a bird that had been pushed from its nest and told it must fly.

You can't change the desert. You can only take the fastest course through it. Wishing it's an oasis won't make it so.

You will never have to marry for money. You will never have to depend on anyne but yourself.

That's because I've learned how to use it [smile], Woserit said. I don't pass it out like an old woman giving free milk to the village cats. It's something that must be controlled, and for you especially. You use it on anyone. You must learn to be more judicious.