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

I don't think unhappiness is fated.

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.

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

Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them. —SUZANNE NECKER, WIFE OF JACQUES NECKER, MINISTER OF FINANCE

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

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