"A well-bred lady must be prepared in all things. It is not enough to simply excel at needlepoint. She must also be equipped to lead a nation. She should know how to gossip effectively, barter for mercenaries, plan a feast, skewer an assassin, comfort a sick child, and lead a cavalry charge."

-from A Young Woman's Primer, by Andreca Orden-Cooves ( Read more... )

"It is possible to make no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that lis life."
    ~ Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek:TNG

“Live the journey, for every destination is but a doorway to another.”
    ~ Man-at-Arms, Masters of the Universe

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
     ~ Rhett Butler, Gone With the Wind

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