A bambiraptor is a savage baby dear.
Are there no more worlds that I might conquer?
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.
Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal.
Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas [Greece] and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury. I have been appointed leader of the Greeks, and wanting to punish the Persians I have come to Asia, which I took from you.
Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue?
I'm still the girl that might get up to dance on the table. It's just who I am, and I'm going to be me and that's it.
Unfortunately, nature seems unaware of our intellectual need for convenience and unity, and very often takes delight in complication and diversity.
By revolution we become more ourselves, not less.
The right to be irresponsible and stupid is something I hold very dear. And luckily it is something I do well.