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Zenobia Quotes

“Still, if I don't believe in the possibility, I might go mad from fear.”

Politics Fear Power Feminism Possibility Authority Anger Uncertainty Zenobia

Book:Daughter of Sand and Stone

Source: Daughter of Sand and Stone

“Men always laugh whenever a woman says she has political skill. But it's not such a difficult thing to master.”

Politics Feminism Difficulty Mastery Laugh Skill Zenobia Libbie Hawker

Book:Daughter of Sand and Stone

Source: Daughter of Sand and Stone

“Because it is my destiny, Zabdas! Because I've always known the gods made me for something more -- more than just a wife, just a mother, just a woman. They made me for power!”

Mother Politics Destiny Power Feminism Female Woman Gods Zenobia Libbie Hawker Uxorial Duty

Book:Daughter of Sand and Stone

Source: Daughter of Sand and Stone

“She will not bow her head to any woman or man, so why, indeed, should she bow to a needle?”

Feminism Confidence Independence Arrogance Needlework Zenobia Libbie Hawker Womans Work

Book:Daughter of Sand and Stone

Source: Daughter of Sand and Stone

“There is nothing humble about this woman.”

Power Feminism Humility Pride Authority Anxiety Zenobia Libbie Hawker

Book:Daughter of Sand and Stone

Source: Daughter of Sand and Stone

“Her voice is still pitched high, thanks to her youth, but it has a certain incipient darkness to it, a low richness that will mature in the coming years to the smoky tones of a priestess or a queen -- a woman of great natural power.”

Voice Feminism Princess Femininity Queen Priestess Empress Pitch Zenobia Natural Power

Book:Daughter of Sand and Stone

Source: Daughter of Sand and Stone

“Nafsha is so concerned with my virginity. I am beginning to think she would wed me herself. Alas, the only tool she might use to make me a woman is her tongue -- and it is far too sharp for me to allow it beneath my skirts.”

Marriage Skirts Indignation Tongue In Cheek Arranged Marriage Zenobia Libbie Hawker Smackdown Nafsha

Book:Daughter of Sand and Stone

Source: Daughter of Sand and Stone

“In the dull, persistent beat of her heart, she hears the rhythm of hope. It is faint and thin as a thread, but it is there.”

Heart Hope Heartbeat Hope And Despair Zenobia Libbie Hawker Thin As A Thread

Book:Daughter of Sand and Stone

Source: Daughter of Sand and Stone

“She threw herself across her bed, weeping into a pillow. She knew just what she wanted -- the desire was a fierce ache inside her. But fiercer still was the knowledge that it was beyond the reach of a female.”

Pain Feminism Pride Crying Ache Pillow Zenobia Libbie Hawker Quiet Suffering

Book:Daughter of Sand and Stone

Source: Daughter of Sand and Stone

“You demand my surrender as though you were not aware that Cleopatra preferred to die a queen rather than remain alive, however high her rank.”

Ancient Rome Roman History Zenobia Palmyra Ancient Syria Queen Zenobia Syrian History

Author:-Queen Zenobia (according to Augustan History)