Quotes from Michelle Moran

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

Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them. —SUZANNE NECKER, WIFE OF JACQUES NECKER, MINISTER OF FINANCE

Now you are no longer a giggling child, smiling at whoever comes along. You are a woman with power. Learn to control your smile, and you can control what men will think about you.

I'd always thought I would feel like an animal released from its cage when my student days were finished, I felt more like a bird that had been pushed from its nest and told it must fly.

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.

Even in the most wretched life, there's hope.

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

Sometimes, it is not the kings and queen who make for the most fascinating history but the shadowy souls who happen to be in the right place at the right time.

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

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

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

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

My love is unique an none can rival her. Just by passing, she has already stolen away my heart.

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.

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

Sometimes, it is not the kings and queen who make for the most fascinating history but the shadowy souls who happen to be in the right place at the right time.

This is how memories are; what seems so clear and unforgettable at one moment vanishes like steam the next.

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

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...

Nothing is forever...nothing lasts.

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.

Even in the most wretched life, there's hope.

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

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