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

- Michelle Moran

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…

- Michelle Moran

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.

- Michelle Moran

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…

- Michelle Moran

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…

- Michelle Moran

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 …

- Michelle Moran

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

- Michelle Moran

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…

- Michelle Moran

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

- Michelle Moran