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Michelle Moran (born August 11, 1980) is an American novelist. She was born in California's San Fernando Valley. She took an interest in writing from an early age, purchasing Writer's Market and submitting her stories and novellas to publishers from the time she was twelve. She majored in literature at Pomona College. Following a summer in Israel where she worked as a volunteer archaeologist, she earned an MA from the Claremont Graduate University.

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I always thought the purpose of time was to move forward, not backward.

Backward, Moving, Moving Forward, Purpose, Thought, 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.

People, Historical, Fiction, Traditions, Lives, Probably

You want it to feel like a surprise. You want to keep him guessing whether he'll make you smile entirely so that when you do, he will feel like he's been given a gift.

Given, Guessing, Keep, Make You Smile, Surprise, Want

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.

Oasis, Wish, Desert, Fastest, Take

That's because I've learned how to use it [smile], Woserit said. I don't pass it out like an old woman giving free milk to the village cats. It's something that must be controlled, and for you especially. You use it on anyone. You must learn to be more judicious.

Cat, Giving, Judicious, Use, Village, Woserit

I understand that you are still grieving. But we will always be grieving.

Grieving, Stills, Understand

What I think and what Iam prepared to say are entirely different things.

Thinking, Different, Prepared, Think, Things

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.

Back, Body, Egypt, Gone, Press, Trying

You'll know if he loves you by how long he's willing to fight.

Fight, Fighting, Know, Long, Love You, Loves

But we are all sorry when loss comes for us. The test of our character comes not in how many tears we shed but in how we act after those tears have dried.

Character, Dried, Life, Loss, Sorry

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

Enemies, Enemy, Friends, Hope, Outnumber, Time

I don't think unhappiness is fated.

Thinking, Unhappiness, Think, Fated

I'm not staring. I'm observing. . . . And what do you observe?. . . A brave young woman who has always fought for what was right, even when it was unpopular.

Brave, Young, Staring, Observing, Right

Her beauty might fascinate men, but it was difficult to charm them when she stood mute. . . .

Charm, Fascinate, Her Beauty, Men, Might, Stood

the one for whom the sun shines. . -Ramses II

Shining, Sun, Sun Shines, Shines, Ramses

But that's how the heart is. Stubborn and foolish.

Heart, Stubborn, Foolish

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

Rights, Lafayette, Natural, Entire, Right

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

Carry, Doe, Drown, People, Water, Wave

Nothing is forever. . . nothing lasts.

Forever, Lasts, Nothing

You will never have to marry for money. You will never have to depend on anyne but yourself.

Anyne, Depend, Depends, Marry, Money

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