12 Quotes by Allison Pataki

Winning is all for nothing if one does not take advantage of success.

Love is in no way essential to a successful marriage

A lady need never apologize. ~ Joseph de Bonaparte (Brother of Napoleon)

It (is) a precious gift, and rare, to hear birds warbling all year long. ~Desiree Clary Bernadottev(Queen Desideria)

Fortune favors the bold. One doesn't win glory by hiding behind the lines.

France had been a fickle companion to both my husband and me, hadn't she? France was a changeling--constantly shifting on us, swerving just when we felt as though perhaps we might finally have a sure footing underneath.

Ambition is never content, even at the summit of greatness.

A crown is both a great gift and an onerous burden.

The sea is forever, it existed long before I did. It shall outlast me. In a world where absolutely nothing is certain, at least that much is true.