The Stolen Queen

by Fiona Davis

“I’ve always appreciated women who were interesting rather than beautiful. Probably to prove my mother wrong. You don’t need beauty, but you must have style. Embrace what you have, I say. If you’re tall, wear high heels. If you have big hands, wear chunky rings.

He understood that the smallest act revealed the most.

Maybe if she’d gone to one of the fancy private schools on the Upper East Side, she’d have known right away that the butterflies were a metaphor, and not done such a stupid thing as letting loose fabric-eating insects in a clothing exhibition.

She wanted to be the type of person who didn’t let the emotional craziness of others get in the way of her dreams.

Lynne Olson, Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt’s Ancient Temples from Destruction. It’s a fantastic read.

Diana Vreeland: Bon Mots: Words of Wisdom from the Empress of Fashion, edited by Alexander Vreeland, illustrated by Luke Edward Hall D.V., by Diana Vreeland