"I was very aware that I was a woman and that the Iditarod was a big thing for women, but I didn't want to be given any special treatment. I just wanted to be viewed as a musher."

“You can not stop you from being who you are.”

“Or perhaps you notice a congregation of ladybugs on a rose stalk. Don't invoke the old nursery saying and ask them to fly away home. Their house is not on fire. Your roses are, with aphids, which the ladybugs are feeding on - and you can bless yourself that they have come to your rescue.”

Source : Eleanor Perenyi (2010). “Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden”, p.173, Modern Library

“I saw that a humble man, with the blessing of the Lord, might live on a little; and that where the heart is set on greatness, success in business did not satisfy the craving, but that commonly with an increase of wealth, the desire of wealth increased.”

Source : John Woolman (2013). “journal”, p.35, Lulu.com

“The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story...”

“When I was in high school I found literature and history interesting, but science not at all. Literature and history obviously involved thinking, but science seemed to be all about memorizing facts and doing mindless calculations.”

“The minute you become a leader of a country, you go into a very small club. You join that sort of pantheon of other world leaders.”

“I was actually really happy with where my game was at. That's probably the most disappointing aspect.”

“How do we get democracy at the international level? That's our problem. and it's essentially the same problem people faced in the 18th Century when they tried to get democracy nationally. Now we need it internationally.”