Waiters began to appear with tureens of soup, platters of fish and meat, and bowls of vegetables. Another with a huge gold tasting spoon hanging like a necklace at his chest showed the Count a bottle...
Lights like stars whirled past me from out of the darkness, and when I opened my eyes, I was lying on a bed covered in rich tapestry and piled high with pillows. The room was lit by candles in colossa...
I could see into the shadows, where the very blades of grass and the leaves and buds of plants were sharply defined though it was a dark night. I was acutely aware of my ears, hot, pulsing, and hummin...
What is the difference between freedom and hedonism? Between freedom and insanity?
As a famous historian once said, in all its history, Rome deigned to fear two people; one was Hannibal, the other was a woman.
I am more human than rational.
The merciful man is rarely victorious. One's enemies are like snakes; though one may learn to handle them, they are always poisonous.
The strong do as they will while the weak suffer what they must.
I suppose that Lucy and I were worthy of the male gaze, what with her pale blond beauty shown off nicely in a peach summer frock, in contrast to my black hair set against light skin. Tonight I wore my...
I raised the hood of my cape and opened my umbrella. Headmistress had given it to me for my twenty-first birthday, knowing how fond I was of the purple foxglove that bloomed in the park. When open, th...
I am telling you that the child will not out live the buildings. Do you understand that wheras women may touch the immortal by giving birth, men--great men-- must build monuments and seek fame?
Feeding the family trumps conviction every time, Mary though, a basic law of the human condition.
I remembered a truism that I had always known: no woman need let a man know the contents of her mind.
It is a quote from Mihri Hatun, a lady poet who wrote many centuries ago. 'A talented women is better than a thousand untalented men, and a women of understanding is better than a thousand stupid men.
Guinevere loved Arthur until she met Lancelot. Do you not agree that it is possible to love one person but encounter another whose very soul speaks to you?
She was keen on the idea that a strong mind, enforced with a strong will, could overcome any difficulty.
Simplicity! He is as simple as a spider's web.
You see, Miss Mina, the air is thick with the spirits of the young sailors and fishermen who died in the sea. They still yearn for the love and touch of beautiful women, young men that they were when...
It appears to me that our sex is only discussed publicly in a derogatory manner. The respectable woman is doomed to anonymity.
She knew that it was not smart to address her concerns about money directly, for men despised women who confronted them in this way. She knew that the smart wife, especially one no longer willing to p...
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