“I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.”

“Audrey was the kind of person who when she saw someone else suffering tried to take their pain on herself. She was a healer. She knew how to love. You didn't have to be in constant contact with her to feel you had a friend. We always picked up right where we left off.”

“Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.”

“The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.”

“We are not victims of the world we see, we are victims of the way we see the world.”

“It's useless to hold a person to anything he says wile he's in love, drunk, or running for office.”

“And do you not think less of me for making my fortune insuch a way?” After all, her own sister did.He gave her an odd look. “There is no shame in being themistress of a king. It’s a position of great power and influence. I think less of Louis for letting you go.”