Shana Alexander

Letters are expectation packaged in an envelope.

I don't believe man is a woman's natural enemy. Perhaps his lawyer is.

The graceful Georgian streets and squares, a series of steel engravings under a wet sky.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

Marriage can be work, it can be difficult, it can be hard, but I think working through those times makes you stronger as a couple and as a unit.

When you first come into Parliament, it's a daunting place because you feel you've so much to learn. Once you've been re-elected, you feel much more confident. It just gives you a bit of a boost.