Charles Buxton

In life, as in chess, forethought wins.

If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.

The first duty to children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.

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

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.