12 Quotes by Sandra Gulland

Splendid,' Abbé Patin said with a sheepish grin, pulling up alongside. 'There is nothing quite so thrilling as riding in fear of one's life.

I want to go with you," I told him."To Egypt?" he whispered."Wherever you go.

I want to go with you," I told him."To Egypt?" I whispered."Wherever you go.

Each moment of life is a step toward death.

We are born, we live and we die – in the midst of the marvelous.

The Queen has been guillotined, accused of crimes beyond imagining. Last night she appeared to me in a dream, handing me her head.

One leads, willing or not,” Deputy Tallien answered. “It takes courage to face one’s own death but even more so the death of others. We are learning this lesson well.

Daggers ever at the ready, I went about the day: children fed, linens mended, bedclothes aired. In little ways one conquers fear.

You are thinking of the past.” I put my arms around her. She’d risen from childbed too soon. “We are the past,” she said.