Goals Quote by Mrs. Oliphant

“Here in this old palace, untouched by the winds of change, here maybe some magic happens, for a little while. But the day must…

— John Speed

“All that I know is that Claire Lyons should consider herself done, done and you know what else? DONE!”

— Lisi Harrison

“You know, she's really just a figurehead off an old ship, but the people needed comfort and rescue, so when they looked at it,…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“Damn it, why was he wondering about her? Why did he feel this need to know everything about an impertinent, managing, none-too-pretty female? But…

— Tessa Dare

“It was difficult to define her beyond saying that she seemed to exist only as a hostess, not so much from any exaggerated instinct…

— Edith Wharton

“Laila imagines she sees little Mariam there in the hut as a woman who will be like a rock in a riverbed, enduring without…

— Khaled Hosseini

“She was a woman who conquered herself so that she could serve others.”

— Tilda Shalof

“They rode up the faint marks of the old trace where thousands of sojourners walking and riding both had crossed it and before them…

— Paulette Jiles

“This did not in any way alter her intention of accomplishing her mission; on the contrary; it seemed to her all the more desperately…

— Jane Bowles

“It was as if, for a moment, she thought Mae was one kind of person, but now, knowing she was another, she could part…

— Dave Eggers

“In my work I sometimes borrow Claire's nature, as well as her careful focus on the world.”

— Michael Ondaatje

“She eluded detection and relieved the rebels of one of their hyperspace-capable vessels.”

— Christie Golden