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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.