Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.

I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.

America is God equals America equals Business equals America equals God.

Journalism is an extraordinary and terrible privilege. Not by chance, if you are aware of it, does it consume you with a hundred feelings of inadequacy. Not by chance, when I find myself going through an event or an important encounter, does it seize me like anguish, a fear of not having enough eyes and enough ears and enough brains to look and listen and understand like a worm hidden in the wood of history.

We are an age without leaders. We stopped having leaders at the end of the 20th century

And yet, or just for this reason, it's so fascinating to be a woman. It's an adventure that takes such courage, a challenge that's never boring. You'll have so many things to engage you if you're born a woman. To begin with, you'll have to struggle to maintain that if God exists he might even be an old woman with white hair or a beautiful girl. Then you'll have to struggle to explain that it wasn't sin that was born on the day when Eve picked an apple, what was born that day was a splendid virtue called disobedience.

I’ll parade with those who are alone like me. They exist. They are very few, but they exist. I’ll find them.