“Left alone, no matter at what age or under what circumstance, you have to remake your life.”

“One doesn't soon forget the natural beauty of Washington, although those of us who live here do sometimes take it for granted.”

“If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an unprecedented scheme of political surveillance and sabotage.”

“At least through most of the 1960s, I basically lived in a man's world, hardly speaking to a woman all day except to the secretaries. But I was almost totally unaware of myself as an oddity and had no comprehension of the difficulties faced by working women in our organization and elsewhere.”

“Family ownership provides the independence that is sometimes required to withstand governmental pressure and preserve freedom of the press.”

“No one can avoid aging, but aging productively is something else.”

“Left alone, no matter at what age or under what circumstance, you have to remake your life.”

“A mistake is simply another way of doing things. ”

“The only way I can describe the extent of my anxiety is to say that I felt as if I were pregnant with a rock.”