I pondered long and hard and really put off answering him, King Hussein, when it was clear that he was proposing, ... He (King Hussein) was taking a huge leap of faith in proposing we share our lives together.

... I've seen it around the world, in the poorest countries and in countries riven with conflict, ... It is women who are the key to breaking out of poverty, breaking out of stagnation. ... It's women who can contribute to achieving real security -- not bombs and bullets and repressive governments.

[In her best-selling book,] Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life, ... magic.

That's the question we pondered.

I've pondered it a little bit,

We’ll start with an easy one, shall we? What is the secant of three pi?” The troll asked.
“Pie?” Toru felt suddenly hungry. “What are you talking about, man, have you gone senile? A sea camp? You mean like the floating city?