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“You must make a choice,” the Goddess said.
“Is that my only choice – to choose between men?” I asked. “I want what Mother had!”
“Your mother chose two men,” she said with light laughter.
“No! She chose independence for her country. She chose power and freedom,” I yelled.
Almost as if in response, a pulsating energy moved up from the ground into my bare feet. It thrummed up my body and radiated out in a bright light, first from my toes, then from my fingertips, then the top of my head.
“I choose power,” I said. “I choose freedom.”
― Cleopatra's Moon
“Is that my only choice – to choose between men?” I asked. “I want what Mother had!”
“Your mother chose two men,” she said with light laughter.
“No! She chose independence for her country. She chose power and freedom,” I yelled.
Almost as if in response, a pulsating energy moved up from the ground into my bare feet. It thrummed up my body and radiated out in a bright light, first from my toes, then from my fingertips, then the top of my head.
“I choose power,” I said. “I choose freedom.”
― Cleopatra's Moon
“And I reminded myself that a woman should be able to dress as she liked without a man hurting her...”
― Song of the Nile
― Song of the Nile
“What caused the gods to fall upon my family like starved lions in a Roman arena?”
― Cleopatra's Moon
― Cleopatra's Moon
“I especially treasured my glimpses of Mother, Queen Cleopatra VII. She sat on a golden throne, looking as resplendent as one of the giant marble statues guarding the tombs of the Old Ones. Diamonds twinkled in a jungle of black braids on her ceremonial wig. She wore a diadem with three rearing snakes and a golden broad collar, shining with lapis lazuli, carnelian, and emeralds, over her golden, form-fitting pleated gown. In one hand, she held a golden ankh of life, while the other clasped the striped crook and flail of her divine rulership. Her stillness radiated power, like a lioness pausing before the pounce. It left me breathless with awe.”
― Cleopatra's Moon
― Cleopatra's Moon
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