This girl is magic. She's wild incantations. She's that spark that lit me back to life and I'm burning for her.

I remember the way his eyes pinned my body against the backdrop of Paris as if I was some rare butterfly pinned to an exhibit box.

Skinny-dipping is like Paris. It's always a good idea.

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o'clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.

You know, Becky, you haven't been the same since that crowbar fell on your head.

I was a woman and did not yet think of myself as a writer. I was a mapmaker.

Dignity is pride’s barometer.

I like things that involve skill and I love anything that's a bit of a challenge

I'd never been published when I was young.

Sometimes the things you really want sneak in the back door. Notice.

If in the darkness of ignorance, you don’t recognize a person’s true nature, look to see whom he has chosen for his leader.

In tyranny lies only failure. Empower every man and you will gain strength.

Give to these children, new from the world, Rest far from men. Is anything better, anything better? Tell us it then.