I’m not only my father’s daughter, but also a daughter of the nation he founded. And protecting both is what I’ve always done.

Sons of a revolution fight for liberty. They give blood, flesh, limbs, their very lives. But daughters . . . we sacrifice our eternal souls.

Life is a windowless room in the Hotel Bellevue.

Kind words and tender affections will not save me from this lake of woe and misery, but they may be enough of a buoy to prevent my drowning.

I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

The sweetest joy the wildest woe is love.

Hate is funny. Love isn't. Love can kill you. Hate can keep you alive.

The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away.

Science makes no pretension to eternal truth or absolute truth.

The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.

One may make their house a palace of sham, or they can make it a home, a refuge.

Nice girl who knew cars. Wow. I stared at her face harder, wishing I knew how to make it work. C’mon, Jake – imprint already.