Asuncion Carrero

“being picked on, was very painful, but it made me a better person. It instilled in me a lifelong hatred for bullies and sympathy for their victims. Some of the most satisfying work I did as a prosecutor, in fact, was putting bullies of all kinds in jail, freeing good people from their tyranny. After my experience in college, I was never going to surrender to the group again simply because it was easy. And I was going to make sure my life had some meaning, because I’d already seen how fleeting life could be. CHAPTER 4 MEANING I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value. —HERMANN HESSE I HAVE WORKED with great men over the years, but two of my most important teachers about life and leadership were women. In 1993, after my work on the Gambino trial ended, I kept my promise to Patrice and we moved our family to Richmond, a place where we had few”
― James Comey, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership

“None of these men stayed around very long, though neither Greening nor anyone else ever witnessed their departure. Strangely, every one of them left his trunk behind.”
― Harold Schechter, Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men

“In my case, intelligence was a disease that had led to a psychotic episode.”
― Tanya Thompson, Assuming Names: a con artist's masquerade

“Ankh, udja, seneb!”
― Stephanie Thornton, Daughter of the Gods: A Novel of Ancient Egypt