Marie Antoinette

"Hope is the cruelest of all the virtues, for it refuses to die."

"I worked without rest, yet nothing I did was ever enough."

"Death seemed a preferable option to the living death of disgrace."

"My fear was not of dying, but of dying unmourned and unremembered."

"Power is an illusion when wielded by those with no true authority."

"Health cannot be purchased with all the riches in Christendom."

"The peace I sought could never be found in palaces of stone."

"Nature never lies, unlike the men who inhabited my world."

"Science and reason offer more comfort than faith ever could."

"I was criticized for every choice, as if I were responsible for the world's ills."

"Literature became my escape when the world became unbearable."

"I never sought technology's advancement, yet it advanced upon me nonetheless."

"The only true revolution is the one that changes the human heart."

"I learned that being born is not a choice, but dying with dignity is."

"Wisdom comes not from years lived, but from sorrows endured."

"I was a symbol before I was a woman, and symbols cannot bleed."

"Love within the constraints of duty is no love at all."

"I sought happiness in forbidden places, and happiness found me there."

"Success is measured differently by kings and peasants alike."

"A true friend would have told me the truth, even if it would destroy me."

"I was my family's hope and my family's burden."

"Hope without action is merely the dream of a fool."

"Courage is found not in grand gestures, but in facing each day."

"Change is inevitable; acceptance of it is the true measure of strength."

"Education of the heart matters far more than education of the mind."

"Knowledge of one's weakness is the beginning of wisdom."

"Time steals from us what memory cannot hold."

"Truth is the first casualty in the court of public opinion."

"Freedom is the luxury only the powerless truly understand."

"Peace is harder to maintain than war, yet infinitely more valuable."