Alice Steinbach, Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman

"And who's to say that just because something lasts only a short time, it has little value?"

Alice Steinbach, Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman

"It is one of the strongest bonds, I think, that can spring up between people: sharing a passion for certain books and their authors."

Alice Steinbach, Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman

"I suspected, however, that I wasn't homesick for anything I would find at home when I returned. The longing was for what I wouldn't find: the past and all the people and places there were lost to me."

Alice Steinbach, Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman

"I suppose that, after the passion of love, water rights have caused more trouble than anything else to the human species."

Alice Steinbach, Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman