“I had a desire to see something besides my own shores, if only to be content to return to them someday. If I wish to live in my native land and love her, it should not be out of ignorance.” IfsShouldDesireWishMy OwnLandIgnoranceReturnTravelAnd LoveNativeSomedayShoreNative Land Book:Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles Source: Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles
“It is almost impossible to describe happiness, because at the time it feels entirely natural, as if all the rest of your life has been the aberration; only in retrospect does it swim into focus as the rare and precious thing it is. When it is present, it seems to be eternal, abiding forever, and there is no need to examine it or clutch it. Later, when it has evaporated, you stare in dismay at your empty palm, where only a little of the perfume lingers to prove that once it was there, and now is flown.” IfsNeedsFeelsLittlesDoeHas BeensSeemsNaturalForeverFocusImpossibleProveEternalEmptyStaringSwimPalmsPerfumeRest Of Your LifeAbidingRetrospectClutchPrecious ThingsAberrationDismay Book:The Memoirs of Cleopatra Source: The Memoirs of Cleopatra
“One always imagines that the days that change one’s life must be marked with something extraordinary in nature—storms and lightning, darkness at noon, and so on. In truth they are indistinguishable from any other, which is one reason we feel mocked, as if the world is telling us we are inconsequential.” IfsWorldLifeFeelsReasonDarknessImagineExtraordinaryStormImagine ThatLightningNoonInconsequentialDarkness At Noon Book:Elizabeth I: The Novel Source: Elizabeth I: The Novel
“It is only when our fate hangs in the balance, when our very life depends on something, that we see whether or not we trust that the rope to which we are clinging will support us. If we do not, then we let of of the ledge and swing on it with our full weight.” IfsSupportFateDependsBalanceWeightSwingsRopeClingingLedges Book:The Memoirs of Cleopatra Source: The Memoirs of Cleopatra
