“~Love is a powerful force. It cannot be bought. It cannot be taken or stolen. Although sometimes it must be fought for, it must be given freely.~”

“Exert some independence; you're not a little girl. You can't let anyone else decide things for you. You have to take care of yourself in this world, she said. I've never forgotten those words.”

“It's a weakness of mine-I want people to understand me.”

“In families one can’t choose one’s siblings. Within regions one doesn’t choose one’s neighbors. And if you are one of the world’s leading producers of a critical industrial resource like copper, in the end you can’t really choose your customers. China and Zambia will just have to get along.”

“There is something admirable that always surpasses knowledge, intelligence, and even genius, and that is incomprehension. —The anomaly, Victør Miesel”

“Life without hope is hopelessly difficult but at the end hope can so easily make fools of us all.”

“I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything I do.”

“Our imperfections are what create authentic connections with one another.”