Ageless Tailoress

“Mr. Morgan, if given the chance, I will ensure that your library is unrivaled. And I will make the Pierpont Morgan Library itself the masterpiece you deserve. (27)”
― The Personal Historian

“As prices are named and hands fly up, I stand and walk slowly down the aisle. Leaving the auction midway is not the usual protocol, but I want everyone to understand that the Pierpont Morgan Library are its librarian are singular. (80)”
― The Personal Historian

“Mr. Morgan, I am glad you pointed out that you other candidates are different from me, in experience, age, and” — I pause for emphasis - “gender. It is that exact divergence between my characteristics and everyone else’s that makes me the perfect candidate for the Pierpont Morgan Library. My relative inexperience means that I do not arrive with any staid, old preconceptions that hamper what the Pierpont Morgan Library can become; instead, my vision and ambition for the library are limitless. My youth means that I have boundless time and undivided energy to devote to you and your collection. My passion for rare manuscripts and incunabula means that I will be relentless in acquiring the ideal items to make your collection incomparable, learning from your expertise in negotiation and the marketplace as I do so, of course. And the fact that I’m a woman means that every time I enter a room, I will have everyone’s attention, which is exactly what the Pierpont Morgan Library deserves. (26)”
― The Personal Historian

“To him [Papa], the written word could act as an invitation to free thought and the broader world, and nowhere was that more true than in the dawn of the printed word, where — for the first time — that invitation could be made to the masses instead of a select few. (4)”
― The Personal Historian