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The thing to do is to build a fortress within yourself.

I'd rather live in a cave with a view of a palace than live in a palace with a view of a cave.

My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.

But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland.

I couldn't handle the rules the Queen has to live by at all, and very few of us could. It's a golden cage, really. You're never alone in that role - you are always surrounded by security.

I stay in France. Better to be the queen of a village than a servant in a kingdom.