I believed that I wanted to be a poet, but deep down I just wanted to be a poem.

Fenworth owned a world-famous library. More rooms held books than beds. Pillows stuffed in niches and comfortable chairs scattered throughout each room offered abundant paces to curl up and read.

It seemed that it was not only live magicians which Mr. Norrell despised. He had taken the measure of all the dead ones too and found them wanting.

If I simply do my best, I cannot complain even if I am taken to hell.

I’d gone from living alone in New York as a lowly shoe clerk to becoming a shieldmaiden with a family to come home to. It didn’t get much better than that.

Sometimes the worst thing you can do, personally, is the best thing you can do, professionally.

[Senator] Kerry [democrat MA] is emerging as the worst of all the viable Democratic candidates. He has the backbone of Clinton and the charm of Gore.

But I do love horses. They are such an expression of joy.

Chess is the most intimate game in the world. It's like making love. By the time we finish our first slow game, I will know all his thoughts.

There are 2 sorts of pride: one in which we approve others, the other in which we cannot accept ourselves.

One of the most important lessons she'd recently learned was that looking strong and confident was sometimes all the people required of you.