I wanted to thank Trent, but all I could do was give him a faint smile before I lost consciousness. Everything had worked flawlessly. I had planned the perfect murder - my own.

The facade of grief may be indifference, preoccupation, anger, cheerfulness, or any variety of emotions. But if we try to understand it, we may learn how to cope with it.

If you cannot see it, you will not be it

Success is an absurd, erratic thing. She arrives when one least expects her and after she has come may depart again almost because of a whim.

Some books we read, tho' few there are that hit the happy point where wisdom joins with wit.

Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you

Is life a pregnancy? That would make death a birth.

It's odd, that's why I don't like telling people I played field hockey. It's real big in Australia for guys. But I say I played in America, and everybody goes, 'Oh, you girl!'

There were different moments where I was like, "Okay, this is who I am today." But, when I'm kept on my toes, I'm having the best time of my life.

It's not a matter of rejection (of Israel's existence). Israel is here, present by power.

We are not getting rid of carriers any time soon. This is both because of their utility and also because of their role in Navy culture and in the defense-industrial complex. It is an academic debate.