Michelle Moran quotes:

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.

Sometimes, Anu, we have to take actions that make us sad because it's the right thing to do for the future.

When a storm comes, bamboo bends. It doesn't break.

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

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.

But that's how the heart is. Stubborn and foolish.

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'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.

These will be my last moments of peace. . . . From now on, my love. . . will bring nothing but chaos.

Let it be a reminder that nothing in this world can last.Even pain, I reply.

We've all done things we'd rather keep in the dark. It's only by shedding light on them that our demons can disappear.

We can help pave the roads of those around us, but we can't choose their direction.

History will remember this," she says. "I do not need to.

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

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

Her beauty might fascinate men, but it was difficult to charm them when she stood mute. . . .

I always thought the purpose of time was to move forward, not backward.

I don't think unhappiness is fated.

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

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

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 unpopular.

My love is unique an none can rival her. Just by passing, she has already stolen away my heart.

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 what men will think about you.

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.

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 something that must be controlled, and for you especially. You use it on anyone. You must learn to be more judicious.

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

Things change, and not always for the better.

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

What I think and what Iam prepared to say are entirely different things.

Why does life carry some people on the crest of the wave while others drown beneath the water?

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...

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 been given a gift.

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

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