There are no moral obligations in the game of empire.

Men of honour will always outstay men of undeserved rank.

Even in peace there is war.

Those who looked with revulsion at the oppressive might of her arms, were obliged to marvel at the egalitarian nature of her social programmes.

Seconds feel like centuries when I am not in your presence.

Throughout the empire, it was whispered that although the husband waded through mud, the wife walked upon water. She, it was said, was graced with a gentle touch which tamed the most vicious of men.

Things I fear will forever change and we old souls can do little but be swayed by the winds.

Came they, in their droves, one after the other, hundred after hundred, thousand after thousand, engulfing all before them, each line a merciless wave from a boundless sea of bold men.

If they succeed, you will not be packed off to some idyllic farm, where you can write bad poetry, we will both be executed.

Power is a beautiful thing.

What had, moments ago, appeared a dangerous gambit, now seemed an elegant coup de maître.

Paint the sky of life with colors that only you can create!

So, what you're saying is, just because a warrior is a woman doesn't mean they yhave to wear a chain mail bikini? Like, they could wear...real armor?

as i sit here looking at the window, i feel broken and empty.

He doesn't know who I am.

Reason and Faith are not antithetical, but rather synergistic".

The real America that Whitman proclaimed and Thoreau decoded.

I've always written poetry and lyrics. My first husband, who was a musician, we wrote a bunch of songs together.

The eyes are the windows of a woman's heart; you may enter that a way!

Songwriting is a great release. It helps me work through things.

I'm an enemy of what I call 'computer theology.' There's a class conflict out there. There's a techno-elite that lives in a different world.