Soon I will be an old, white-haired lady, into whose lap someone places a baby, saying, “Smile, Grandma!” — I, who myself so recently was photographed on my grandmother’s lap. – Liv Ullmann
Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history. – Robert Hall
