"Her pace was measured, never hurried, and she held herself erect, confident of her time and place."
"Ava said, “There is a French saying that applies to my situation: 'Be careful of that animal - it is very vicious. When you attack it, it defends itself."
"I can’t remember the last time I drank a bottle of wine by myself,” she said. “And I cannot remember the last time I offered someone a job and they turned me down and then gave me two hundred thousand dollars,” he said with a smile."
