A wise warrior learns from her mistakes.

We can't help the way we're born. We can't help what we are, only what life we choose to make for ourselves.

We can’t help the way we’re born. We can’t help what we are, only what life we choose to make for ourselves

Sisters in battle, I am shield and blade to you. As I breathe, your enemies will know no sanctuary. While I live, your cause is mine.

I miss a good cup of tea, dancing, boys- definitely not rain.""We dance, " Diana protested.Maeve had just laughed. "You dance differently when you know you won't live forever.

Ideology is strong exactly because it is no longer experienced as ideology… we feel free because we lack the very language to articulate our unfreedom.

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.

How many miles to Babylon?Three score and ten!Can I get there by candle light?Yes, and back again!

Patience is learned through waiting

It is really a hard life. Men will not be nice to you if you are not good-looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are.

Look at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales.

In the end--when all else is dust--loyalty to those we love is all we can carry with us to the grave. Faith--true faith--was trusting in that love.

I felt such a deep connection with dolphins. I felt like they were the only ones who understood me.

What least makes a mother is biology.

Most of us don't work out what we want. And most of us end up with lopsided lives as a result.