“I've learned to choose my allies carefully and believe in them once I've made my choice.”
“...alongside those men a number of women had come to this glittering city. Women who were perhaps equally powerful, though they had to find more subtle ways to wield their power.”
“... she had always found risk headier than the finest champagne.”
“When one has suspected a thing for weeks, why is being confronted with stark evidence so much worse?”