“I like men who have a future and women who have a past.”

“I like women, I never run them down as somehow inferior to men, and I have a contempt for men who do. And I think, for one thing, that women are just as principled as men—but they sure as hell aren’t the same kind of principles.”

“In the future, women will increasingly want men who can nurture them and connect with them.”

“To my thinking, a great librarian must have a clear head, a strong hand, and, above all, a great heart. And when I look into the future, I am inclined to think that most of the men who achieve this greatness will be women.”

“For he was aware of the great secret of life: Women don't look for handsome men. Women look for men who have had beautiful women. Having an ugly mistress is therefore a fatal mistake.”

“I learned that what happened to me did not have to define who I was. My past could not control my future unless I allowed it to.”

“History is bright and fiction dull with homely men who have charmed women.”

“Men like women who know how to be subtle.”

“Along with the 97 percent of women who can see, I have never been a fan of redheaded men.”

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”