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

You can't change the desert. You can only take the fastest course through it. Wishing it's an oasis won't make it so.

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

I always thought the purpose of time was to move forward, not backward.

Sometimes, it is not the kings and queen who make for the most fascinating history but the shadowy souls who happen to be in the right place at the right time.

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.

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