Camilla Evora

“Egos are tender in this business," Bradlee said months later. "You massage them, don't deflate them...I can't go out and take notes for someone. I'm removed, and sometimes it frustrates the hell out of me...I can't kiss ass for getting scooped, but I do let it be known that I feel let down and I hate it, just hate it. Don't forget that I hate it”
― Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward

“What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.”
― Christopher Hitchens

“If you can't do, you had best shut up. He started to slam the door, thought better of it. If you can't do, you'd best not slam doors.”
― Esther Forbes, Johnny Tremain

“There was nothing but land; not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made.”
― Willa Cather, My Ántonia