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

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.

Priceless things matter not for their value, but because they offer us an enduring reminder of stability and permanence.

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

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

The past was always there, lived inside of you, and it helped to make you who you were. But it had to be placed in perspective. The past could not dominate the future.

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

My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life.

I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.

Never let stress shape your strategy. Most women think better after a brisk walk, a light meal, a massage and a nap.

Hope was tricky like water. Somehow it always found a way in.

Leadership: Converting dreams into goals and goals into success.

It was like a miracle, but before our very eyes, and almost in the drawing of a breath, the whole body crumbled into dust and passed from our sight.

What you accept in victory, you must accept in defeat.

What I have learned the most is that women have always been integral to shaping America; they just haven't been recognized across all fields.

It wasn't my tennis that made me lose, it was a lot of different things going on, high drama, high emotion.

I believe in nature instead of God.

Writing is one of the most solitary activities in the world.

At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.

The most important thing my father taught me is that every man has to stand up for his rights.