Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Love does not dominate; it cultivates.

Live dangerously and you live right.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

Although I write to entertain, and try to keep my work free of didacticism, I do have a rather passionate belief in our need to be connected to - and to learn from - history.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.