Isabel

“Why be so bloody miserable when you can pick up a good book or watch a great television drama?”
― Michael Dobbs

“The idea came to me complete from start to finish – a most unusual occurrence, as any writer will tell you, for ordinarily a story has to be struggled with, changed around and mixed up.”
― Philip Van Doren Stern

“There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you weren't reading, the book has gone and changed, has shifted like a river.”
― Marina Tsvetaeva

“Once a president gets to the White House, the only audience that is left that really matters is history.”
― Doris Kearns Goodwin