And since a woman’s the best there is. . . I want to be one. (Chapter 1)

I don’t believe in that business of living for the moment, Molina, nobody lives for the moment. That’s Garden of Eden stuff. (Chapter 2)

I think I have to know more about you, that’s what, in order to understand you better. If we’re going to be in this cell together like this, we ought to understand one another better, and I know very little about people with your type of inclination. (Chapter 3)

Then you’ll let me escape from reality once in a while, because why should I let myself get more depressed than I am? Otherwise I’ll go nuts, like Charlotte of Mexico. Though I’d rather be Christina of Sweden, since I’ll end up a queen, no matter what. (Chapter 4)

Only a flawed conception of responsibility makes one stay away from political... (Chapter 5)