Xena

“The Cuban missile crisis in other words was a mistake one for which leaders in all three countries must share the blame, which contrasts the traditional interpretation of the missile crisis in American literature as a nefarious Soviet Union that blindsided and innocent united states.”
― Don Munton, The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Concise History

“Because love is a tremendous gift, Maddy. A gift and a burden. Marriage especially is more than just hope and luck and a handshake. Marriage is work, enormous work, because it’s a living entity that needs everlasting attention.”
― Shana Abe, The Second Mrs. Astor

“You are the moon in my night sky." His words were nearly a whisper, but she felt them rumble through her like thunder. "Run from me all you wish. I am where you belong. It seems time herself knew what you could not accept, my Mina. She has brought you back to me at last.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, The Vengeful Vampire

“One of many legends of the Impaler is that, trapped in a loveless marriage, he wandered the streets of his capital, Tirgoviste, picking up prostitutes on the way. So, too, Carol II Hohenzollern, king of Romania when archaeologists first came looking for Dracula’s grave had his string of mistresses.”
― M.J. Trow, Vlad the Impaler: In search of the real Dracula