"Women writers have been told, forever, that our stories were not valuable. Not as valuable as men's stories about wars, business, power"

"Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent"

"Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!"

"Prestige is the shadow of money and power"

"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"

"Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop"

"Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers"

"Business is the salt of life"

"Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can turn down some clients, but we've both got to say yes to someone if we want to stay in business"

"Power wears out those who don't have it"

"Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked"