There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate. —MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

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.

Things change, and not always for the better.

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

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

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

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