“We seldom know what echo our actions will find, but our stories will most certainly outlast us.”

“It was as if they wanted to take their older bodies and put their younger hearts inside.”

“The world does not turn without moments of grace. Who cares how small.”

“The true nature of a democracy is its ability to say yes when even the powerful say no”

“An optimist is a braver cynic.”

“His body, his mind, his soul, had, for years, served only for the profit of others. He had his own people to whom he was pledged. Three million. They were the currency of his freedom.”

“Vanity is becoming a nuisance, I can see why women give it up, eventually. But I'm not ready for that yet.”

“Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.Francois de La Rochefoucauld”

“Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.”