Michelle Moran
Michelle Moran
Michelle Moranis 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 August 1980
CountryUnited States of America
This is how memories are; what seems so clear and unforgettable at one moment vanishes like steam the next.
Nothing is forever...nothing lasts.
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.
I wonder if our names determine our destiny, or if destiny leads us to choose certain names.
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.
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.
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.
These will be my last moments of peace. . . . From now on, my love. . . will bring nothing but chaos.
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.
Even in the most wretched life, there’s hope.
You will never have to marry for money. You will never have to depend on anyne but yourself.
There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate. —MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
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.