“ The moment a gentleman perfects an invention and petitions the government for aid, he ceases to be an innocent citizen and becomes a culprit, a man to be shirked, browbeaten, and sneered at. I have ne… Jennifer Chiaverini
“ Elizabeth Keckley was a woman of remarkable strength, courage, perseverance, and dignity. She was exceptionally talented, but also very diligent and ambitious, and together those qualities enabled her… Jennifer Chiaverini
“ Mary Lincoln provided Elizabeth Keckley with opportunities for social and economic advancement she probably had never imagined during her years as a slave, while Elizabeth offered Mary the loyal, stea… Jennifer Chiaverini
“ People need stories...we use stories to teach, to learn, to make sense of the world around us. As long as we need stories, we will need books. Jennifer Chiaverini
“ When I was working on my first novel, 'The Quilter's Apprentice,' I knew I wanted to write about friendship, especially women's friendship and how women use friendship to sustain themselves and nurtur… Jennifer Chiaverini
“ Of her husband’s cabinet, who had their own ideas for the president’s social calendar. The worst conflict, and the most upsetting for Mrs. Lincoln, was with John George Nicolay, the president’s person… Jennifer Chiaverini
“ Anna, falling in love with you was like coming home to a place I didn't realize I'd been missing all my life. You're the only person I've ever known who accepts me for who I am, right in this moment,… Jennifer Chiaverini
“ Jean H. Baker, Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography (New York: Norton, 1987); Joan E. Cashin, First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis’s Civil War (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Pres… Jennifer Chiaverini
“ Hope is never false. One's hopes may not be fulfilled, but that doesn't not mean it was wrong to hope Jennifer Chiaverini
“ Who said you had to fill his shoes? said Karen. Wear your own shoes. They're bound to fit better. Walk your own path your own way and you'll be more likely to get to where you need to be. Jennifer Chiaverini
“ All people—white and colored, slave and free, Union and Confederate—shared a common humanity belied by their outward differences. In a time of discord, in a land torn by war, no truth was more importa… Jennifer Chiaverini
“ On Christmas Day, the promise of peace offered a soft and shining light in dark times, an eternal flame that warfare could not douse, nor hatred extinguish. Jennifer Chiaverini
