"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..."

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Source : Michelle Moran (2011). “The Egyptian Royals Collection: Three Historical Novels by Michelle Moran: Nefertiti, The Heretic Queen, and Cleopatra's Daughter”, p.151, Broadway Books

Michelle Moran

#Oasis Quotes #Wish Quotes #Desert Quotes

“Alafair Burke is one of the finest young crime writers working today.”
“[In 16th century European society] Marriage was the triumphal arch through which women, almost without exception, had to pass in order to reach the public eye. And after marriage followed, in theory, the total self-abnegation of the woman.”
“There's a fount about to stream, There's a light about to beam, There's a warmth about to glow, There's a flower about to blow; There's a midnight blackness changing Into gray; Men of thought and men of action, Clear the way.”

Source : Charles Mackay (1846). “Voices from the Crowd: And Other Poems”, p.2
“When I was about 13, 14 - 13, I would carry a magic marker with me everywhere I went so I could write the word "Bowie" on everything that wasn't mine.”
“If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.”
“3 requirements for a good designer: 1. genuine knowledge and love of great design. 2. sound knowledge of principles and techniques of communication. 3. heart (passion).”
“Today you have to run faster to stay in place.”
“Anything less than full justice is cruelty.”

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