“Darkness had so many faces.”

“What she never understood was that success was not about money but more about doing something you enjoyed and being happy about it.”

“Life is good but sometimes you have to swim through frigid shark-infested waters with weights chained to your waist to get there.”

“I lifted my face to the sun and let its warmth and light caress me with its favor.”

“Orleans . . . the place where Joan of Arc, while depending on God, had defeated the British in a great battle for freedom.Joan and I had a lot in common. But there would be no burning at the stake for me.Robert would not allow it.”

“And though many women might enjoy the offering of such compliments, I did not want him to love me based on temporal things like a smile or voice or presence, things that could vanish through mood or an unexpected cloud. He must love me for the sake of love alone . . .”

“Education costs money, but then so does ignorance”