Sometimes, if you have faith in people they'll surprise you. Mom and Dad taught me that. Risk is the price of believing most people want to be good.

Having friends was weird . . . but in a good way.

I didn't mind walking into danger on my own. Not the concept of it, anyway.

It figured my family would get along better with Clark than they did me.

The man was a bully. A bully who'd elevated himself to a high-level position, but a bully just the same. No amount of flattery would change how I saw him.

He listens when I talk.

This was the first time I had not just rushed in and followed my instincts, and it wasn't working out. I was beginning to actively regret it.

For the most part, I did trust my own judgement. But I was more than capable of screwing up. Just, sometimes, I forgot about that in my quest to move forward.

Lesson: Never underestimate a woman. Or a chef.

The thrill of working in this building, with its iconic globe on top, would never fade.

Never forget to forgive yourself

I'll love you with all the madness in my soul.

I started photographing amazing African wildlife for my own pleasure. It was like a much-needed antidote to my life in the city, which I was fast becoming allergic to.

The war years count double. Things and people not actively in use age twice as fast.

Reputation is what others think about you. What's far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.

I get a bit gloomy when it's gloomy.

You have to have passion, go with your gut, go against the tide

To design is to plan, to order, to relate, and to control. In short, it opposes all means of disorder and accident.

History deals mainly with captains and kings, gods and prophets, exploiters and despoilers, not with useful men.

I prefer to sing in the shower because the acoustics make you sound great, baby.