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 from Egypt.

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

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

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

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, just as they would probably be astonished at ours.

Sometimes, it is not the kings and queen who make for the most fascinating history but the shadowy souls who happen to be in the right place at the right time.

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 pushed from its nest and told it must fly.

Nothing is forever...nothing lasts.

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 dried.

I don't think unhappiness is fated.

No one ever claimed that creating art was simple. But they failed to mention the mess.

By the Lord, Reule better bed that Wench soon! Mara is going to start thinking her p***y is made of gold if I keep frequenting her bed like this! -Rye "Drink of Me

The success of any country relies on the commitment of its leaders to serve others.

There is plenty of courage among us for the abstract but not for the concrete.

Let me ask you: Should only children of the wealthy have access to quality early education? Should only children of the wealthy have access to a college degree? The answer - the only answer - is: no.

I was a member of the Florida legislature for nine years, the speaker of the house, majority leader, majority whip.

Jane Austen's books, too, are absent from this library. Just that one omission alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it.

I’m so worried that I’m going to perfect [my] technique someday. I have to say its unfortunate how many of my pictures do depend upon some technical error.

The hip hop community is not at fault here - I'm definitely not blaming them. But, that can't be the only view of manhood for our young men.

Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more.