Huma Abedin

"To make your own choices, but be thoughtful about them, not rash."

"As long as you had that grounding, as long as you had that place where you knew you could draw strength, where you knew you had a strong family to support you, everything was going to be OK."

"Diplomacy is about meeting the world with open eyes, attuned listening and small gestures of outreach. It was second nature to Hillary Clinton."

"So much of what happened to me professionally felt like I was floating in a cauldron, and so much about this book is about taking control"

"When I was a little girl, I believed that my life would somehow be different from the lives of everyone around me"

"I have never wavered from the belief that public service is a worthy profession, that the reward is worth the risk, that the stakes are too great to turn away from the calling."

"Take a chance. Don’t be afraid of what you don’t know. And don’t fall in love with Plan A."