Longing Performs All Things

You Can Make An Audience See Nearly Anything, If You Yourself Believe In It.

Power Is The Test. Some, Once They Have It, Are Content To Buy The Show Of Liking, And Punish Those Who Withhold It; Then You Have A Despot. But Some Keep A True Eye For How They Seem To Others, And Care About It, Which Holds Them Back From Much Mischief.

It Is Something, I Thought, When A King Can Put A Courtesan To The Blush.

Miss Searle Had Always Considered Boredom An Intellectual Defeat.

Clouds Of Black Birds Rose Up Wailing And Screaming, Like The Thoughts Of My Heart.