“As a famous historian once said, in all its history, Rome deigned to fear two people; one was Hannibal, the other was a woman.” — Karen Essex Copy Share Image
“Can you not see that we still might win? We lost a battle, not a war.” — Karen Essex Copy Share Image
“All my life I have known fear. But I have acted in spite of it. I urge you to do the same. Your father… — Karen Essex Copy Share Image
“You cannot hide from the truth, Mina. Anytime you try to argue with the truth you lose. Anytime you try to evade it or… — Karen Essex Copy Share Image
“Everyone has a secret life. Perhaps yours is merely a gossamer web of thoughts and fantasies woven in the hidden furrows of your mind.… — Karen Essex Copy Share Image
“One hundred copies? Of these poems you do not even like?” asked the Roman. “They’re nasty bits about famous people; everyone will want them.” — Karen Essex Copy Share Image
“The merciful man is rarely victorious. One's enemies are like snakes; though one may learn to handle them, they are always poisonous.” — Karen Essex Copy Share Image
Think about it. For the sake of fame, men will risk great dangers. They put themselves in the jaws of death more than for… — Karen Essex Copy Share Image
“The people call it a miracle; the scientists call it invention. But the invention is miraculous, is it not?” — karen essex Copy Share Image
I am telling you that the child will not out live the buildings. Do you understand that wheras women may touch the immortal by… — Karen Essex Copy Share Image
“...the world we learned as children to fear---the milieu of goblins, ghosts, spirits, and magic - when it is the tangible world that is… — Karen Essex Copy Share Image
“Together, they were greater than either them could possibly be apart. Together, she prayed, they were invincible.” — Karen Essex Copy Share Image
“Mother Astarte who creates and destroys. Kybele, goddess of all that is, was, and ever shall be,” he invoked.” — Karen Essex Copy Share Image
