“I am afraid, my dear niece, that a mere woman is something you most certainly are not.”

“Men may fight the battle, but women wage the war.”

“Peggy is a sovereign nation. She governs herself and those around her by her own laws.”

“It seemed ironic to her that women were considered far too meek for the morbidity of war, and yet a child could give their life in a battle they did not even understand.”

“The porcelain doll residing in her white-pillared dollhouse was a mirage.”

“Julia Woodhull was many things: a lady of secrets, a patriots niece, and a dead mans daughter. But one thing Julia Woodhull was most certainly not was a fool.”

“As the tension between the Protestants and the Church of Rome intensified, so did the desire for a third way among dissenting groups. Soon a new group emerged, though in some senses it was also an ...”

“Good men are often more practical than pretty " said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both.”

“How did I get here How did I end up in the arms of a boy I barely knew but knew I didn't want to lose I wondered what I would have thought of Andrius in Lithuania. Would I have liked him Would he h...”

“Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause.”

“A weapon does not decide whether or not to kill. A weapon is a manifestation of a decision that has already been made.”

“Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves.”