Things change, and not always for the better.

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

...she refused to leave anything to someone else that she could do better herself.

I don't think unhappiness is fated.

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

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.

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.