Kings Quotes - Page 27

• Cast me into a dungeon, burn me at the stake, crown me king of kings, I can 'pursue happiness' as long as my brain lives - but neither gods nor saints, wise men nor subtle drugs, can ensure that I will catch it.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Wise, Men, Long

  "Starship Troopers". Book by Robert A. Heinlein, 1959.

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• The sound of the king's music made Despereaux's soul grow large and light inside of him.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Light, Soul, Sound

  Kate DiCamillo (2009). “The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread”, p.27, Candlewick Press

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• Advice, then, young yeoman: When referring to the king's middle daughter, state that she is fair, speculate that she is pious, but unless you'd like to spend your watch looking for the box where your head is kept, resist the urge to wax ignorant on her naughty bits." -Pocket I don't know what that means, sir." -Yeoman Speak not of Regan's shaggacity, son" [...] -Pocket

  Christopher Moore

  Daughter, Mean, Son

  Christopher Moore (2009). “Fool: A Novel”, p.8, Harper Collins

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• Dear Mia, What can I say? I don't know all that much about romance novels, but I think you must be the Stephen King of the genre. Your book is hot. Thanks for letting me read it. Anyone who doesn't want to publish it is a fool. Anyway, since I know it's your birthday, and I also know you never remember to back anything up, here's a little something I made for you. It would be a shame if Ransom My Heart got lost before it ever saw the light of day because your hard drive crashed. See you tonight. Love, Michael

  Meg Cabot

  Book, Heart, Thinking

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• And long there he lay, an image of the splendour of the Kings of Men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Men, Long, World

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.710, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Oh, mercy. If it catches you in the wrong frame of mind, the King James Bible can make you want to drink poison in no uncertain terms.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Mind, Poison, Want

  Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “The Poisonwood Bible”, p.163, Faber & Faber

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• Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.

  Khalil Gibran

  Fear, Hands, Shepherds

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.126, Lulu.com

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• I am a king's daughter, And if I cared to care, The moon that has no mistress Would flutter in my hair. No one dares to cherish What I choose to crave. Never have I hungered, For that I did not have I am a kings daughter, And I grow old within The prison of my person, The shackles of my skin. And I would run away And beg from door to door, Just to see your shadow Once, and never more.

  Peter S. Beagle

  Daughter, Running, Moon

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• With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy—something a lot of people didn’t notice and maybe still don’t. He brought the story down to a human level, dispensing with the cliché archetypes of princes, kings, and evil sorcerers. Reading his stuff was like reading Vietnam War fiction on peyote.

  Steven Erikson

  War, Reading, Evil

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• I am not unique in my elegiac sadness at watching reading die, in the era that celebrates Stephen King and J.K. Rowling rather than Charles Dickens and Lewis Carroll.

  Harold Bloom

  Reading, Sadness, Unique

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• And Adam ruled, for he was the King. Until the day his will to be King deserted him. Then he died, food for a stronger. And the strongest was always the King, not by strength alone, but King by cunning and luck and strength together. Among the rats.

  James Clavell

  Luck, Together, Stronger

  JAMES CLAVELL (1962). “KING RAT”

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• This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Time, Flower, Iron

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition”, p.107, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone, The lord of silver fountains Shall come into his own! His crown shall be upholden, His harp shall be restrung, His halls shall echo golden To songs of yore re-sung. The woods shall wave on mountains. And grass beneath the sun; His wealth shall flow in fountains And the rivers golden run. The streams shall run in gladness, The lakes shall shine and burn, And sorrow fail and sadness At the Mountain-king’s return!

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Running, Song, Failure

  J. R. R. Tolkien, “The King”

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• Beyond the town, darker than dark, King Haggard's castle teetered like a lunatic on stilts.

  Peter S. Beagle

  Dark, Castles, Towns

  Peter S. Beagle (1968). “The Last Unicorn”, Roc

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• She, too, spoke only when the queen or king addressed her first, but she looked searchingly at every supplicant, and her clear face said that she had opinions about everything she heard, and that it was her proud duty to think out those opinions, and make them responsible and coherent.

  Robin McKinley

  Queens, Thinking, Proud

  Robin McKinley (2014). “Deerskin”, p.145, Open Road Media

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• I scared Stephen King.

  J. K. Rowling

  Scared

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• They were offered the choice between becoming kings or the couriers of kings. The way children would, they all wanted to be couriers. Therefore there are only couriers who hurry about the world, shouting to each other - since there are no kings - messages that have become meaningless. They would like to put an end to this miserable life of theirs but they dare not because of their oaths of service.

  Franz Kafka

  Children, Choices, World

  Franz Kafka (1961). “Parables and paradoxes: in German and English”

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• Many a night I woke to the murmer of paper and knew (Dad) was up, sitting in the kitchen with frayed King James - oh, but he worked that book; he held to it like a rope ladder.

  Leif Enger

  Dad, Book, Night

  Leif Enger (2001). “Peace Like a River”, p.103, Atlantic Monthly Press

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• How did you hear about that?' 'Are you kidding me? So far, I had that runt Kyle-' 'I hate him. I hate all vamps. That complete toad, Michael-' '-tell me you were pregnant by a vamp-' 'kidnnaped me and-Kyle said WHAT?' 'and then a member of the Domi shows up and informs me-' 'The Domi sent someone HERE?' '-that you're actually pregnant by the late king of the Fey.' 'Late?!' Heidar squeaked.

  Karen Chance

  Hate, Fey, Toads

  Karen Chance (2008). “Midnight's Daughter”, p.278, Penguin UK

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• The king of the jailhouse and the queen of the road think sharing the burden will lighten the load.

  Aimee Mann

  Queens, Thinking, Burden

  Song: King Of The Jailhouse, Album: The Forgotten Arm, 2005

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• The prison keeper choose an inopportune time to look around the doorway into the cell. He and the king locked gazes, and the king's eyes narrowed while the prison keeper's widened.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Eye, Cells, Looks

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• The king lifted a hand to her cheek and kissed her. It was not a kiss between strangers, not even a kiss between a bride and groom. It was a kiss between a man and his wife, and when it was over, the king closed his eyes and rested his forehead in the hollow of the queen's shoulder, like a man seeking respite, like a man reaching home at the end of the day.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Queens, Home, Eye

  "The King of Attolia". Book by Megan Whalen Turner, 2006.

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• My beautiful queen. Your entire court is staring at you, and I can't blame them." They were, too. The queen turned to look. Her glance swept through the crowd like a reaping sickle through grain. Mouths slammed shut on every side. There was a scuffling sound as the people in the back shifted, trying to screen themselves from view. The queen looked back at the king, who was broadly smiling.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Beautiful, Queens, Views

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• I would be mute, beautiful, changless as the earth for you. I would be your memory, without age, always innocent, always waiting in the King's white house. I would do that for you and no other man inthe relm. But it would be a lie and I will do anything but lie to you - I swear that.

  Patricia A. McKillip

  Beautiful, Memories, Lying

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• We never change. Neither our socks nor our masters nor our opinions, or we're so slow about it that it's no use. We were born loyal and that's what killed us! Soldiers free of charge, heroes for everyone else, talking monkeys, tortured words, we are the minions of King Misery...It's not a life.

  Louis-Ferdinand Celine

  Hero, Talking, Soldier

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