I certainly don’t have any interest in being on a dark veranda with any man except my husband, unlike some women do.” - Esther Norman

You are the belle of the ball tonight.” He said as he moved in closer. “How can you be so sinfully beautiful Mrs. Norman?

No, enjoy it while you can.” Esther said as she walked out alone.

Every kind of relationship needs encouragement from both parties. Be it marriage, dating, friendship, enmity etc.

We may have pets, but when it comes to unconditional love, they are the masters.

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.

Always remember the pain of defeat, and never let it happen again.

I'm from Wisconsin so I always feel a little nauseous about begging and trying to trick people into liking me.

War today is such a more visible thing. We see it on television, on CNN. In 1914, war was a concept.

Even famous people - are most concerned of all with what people who are close to them think. And the sociopath is generally not concerned with that at all.

Oh, my career. What career? I'm over 40.

It was a tough film ["Selling Isobel"] to make anyway, because we had limited resources.

I'm a history person, and I love the groundedness of that, of being able to go, "Yes! People acted like that."