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“Eva Stachniak has given readers a thrilling glimpse into the scandals and secrets at the heart of the Russian Imperial court. With deft prose and exquisite detail, Stachniak has resurrected one of the most compelling ages in history. Turn off the phones and lock the doors—you will not put it down.”
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“Love is a decision, not just an emotion. It is selfless, and a commitment.”
Source : "Lydia McLaughlin: My Proposal Was Better Than 'The Bachelor'!". Interview with Lauren Metz, www.yourtango.com. November 8, 2013.
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“I’ve never heard that the sexual act requires any particular intelligence. From what I’ve observed, many stupid people are easily able to produce children.”
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“The deductive method is the mode of using knowledge, and the inductive method the mode of acquiring it.”
Source : Henry Mayhew (1851). “London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclopaedia of the Condition and Earnings of Those that Will Work, Those that Cannot Work, and Those that Will Not Work”, p.158
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“A new thing I've been doing is just making sure I clear off my desk and try to only touch a piece of paper once, so I get the mail, open it up, deal with it then. My son's homework, or what I get from his teachers, the same way. That way, it's not nagging me, things to add to my to-do list.”
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“It's amazing what one can accomplish when one doesn't know what one can't do.”
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“Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.”
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“Lee Marvin was just the best. Just the best. And that was the beginning of a friendship that lasted until he died. And the same with Ernie Borgnine. You know, I went up there and did that movie [Emperor Of The North] with those guys, and I actually was with Ernie the night that he died.”
Source : Source: www.avclub.com