You want it to feel like a surprise. You want to keep him guessing whether he'll make you smile entirely so that when you do, he will feel like he's ….

But we are all sorry when loss comes for us. The test of our character comes not in how many tears we shed but in how we act after those tears have d….

there is nothing to fear but fear itself yet even then fear shouldn't be feared because fear cannot take what is protected by change.

You can't change the desert. You can only take the fastest course through it. Wishing it's an oasis won't make it so..

After all, that's why we read historical fiction-to be transported to another time, and to be astonished at ancient people's lives and traditions, ju….

I held Nefertiti's body closer to mine, trying to press her spirit into me, to bring it back. But the reign of Nefertiti was finished. She was gone f….

That's because I've learned how to use it [smile], Woserit said. I don't pass it out like an old woman giving free milk to the village cats. It's som….

And when that time comes, let's hope your friends outnumber your enemies..

...she refused to leave anything to someone else that she could do better herself..

Even in the most wretched life, there’s hope..

Now you are no longer a giggling child, smiling at whoever comes along. You are a woman with power. Learn to control your smile, and you can control ….

Things change, and not always for the better..

I wonder if our names determine our destiny, or if destiny leads us to choose certain names..

This is how memories are; what seems so clear and unforgettable at one moment vanishes like steam the next..

There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate. —MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE.

the one for whom the sun shines.. -Ramses II.

I understand that you are still grieving. But we will always be grieving..

I'd always thought I would feel like an animal released from its cage when my student days were finished, I felt more like a bird that had been pushe….

I'm not staring. I'm observing. . . . And what do you observe? . . . A brave young woman who has always fought for what was right, even when it was u….

You will never have to marry for money. You will never have to depend on anyne but yourself..

You'll know if he loves you by how long he's willing to fight..