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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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