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

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

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 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.

Waiting is not wasting. It is a strategy for champing for greater things.

Why give up before we try Feel the lows before the highs Clip our wings before we fly away I can't say I came prepared I'm suspended in the air Won't you come be in the sky with me

Man creates both his god and his devil in his own image. His god is himself at his best, and his devil himself at his worst.

There are all kinds of love in this world but never the same love twice.

Women and rhythm-section first!?

You have to try and embrace it all and everyone who represents that change because it is happening.

I have a photograph of my grandfather driving a donkey cart barefoot.

Just the other day, it seems, the kids were running through the house, slamming doors, breaking glass, making noise. Time goes by so quickly. Sometimes everything seems so fleeting.

Don't worry about looking good - worry about achieving your goals.

I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe.