Kings Quotes - Page 29

• King Constantine IX of Regia had been killed three times and was bored with it. He wanted a bath.

  Lloyd Alexander

  Bored, Baths, Three

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• You arrogant, overpublicized, showy old bat, what are you waiting for? Aren't you the king of all bogeymen? The legend children fear will devour them if they misbehave? Come on Vlad, live up to your reputation! If you can't burn to death one Egyptian vampire chained to a wall how did you ever drive the Turks from Romania?

  Jeaniene Frost

  Children, Wall, Waiting

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• It's what I'll be singing in the morning. It won't be God Save the Ruddy King or All Things bleeding Bright and Beautiful. It'll be Orange and Lemons for Big Joe, for all of us.

  Michael Morpurgo

  Beautiful, Morning, Orange

  Michael Morpurgo (2014). “Private Peaceful”, p.119, Scholastic Inc.

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• The tumalt and shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart. Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heat. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Humble, Sacrifice, Captains

  Recessional, in The Times 17 July 1897

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• Interesting choice," Sullivan said. He slid his gaze over to Paul, who was drumming his fingers on the table in a manic, caffeine-inspired way and blinking a lot. Paul wasn't out-and-out singing along with the king of the dead, but he might as well have put out a big neon sign saying "How's My Driving? Ask Me About My Nerves: 1-800-WIG-N-OUT." --James

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Interesting, Choices, Singing

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• You mean one human is good, but a hundred humans is bad?" "Exactly. One human is just a person. A hundred humans make a society. And societies have kings, and religions and priests, and all these other things serrin completely fail to understand

  Joel Shepherd

  Mean, Failing, Hundred

  Joel Shepherd (2011). “Petrodor”, p.117, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Tommy moved on. "Lash, your people have been oppressed for hundreds of years. It's time to strike back. Look, you don't have your MBA yet - they haven't completely juiced you of your usefulness yet. Would Martin Luther King back down from this challenge? Malcolm X? James Brown? Don't you have a dream? Don't you feel good, like you knew that you would, now?

  Christopher Moore

  Dream, Years, Mba

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• To friends! Life belongs to those who love, and where love reigns is man truly king!

  Stephen R. Lawhead

  Men, Reign

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• King Duncan looked up and swept his gaze slowly around the room. Cassandra, he saw, was defiant as ever. Arald's face was set and determined. Halt and Crowley's faces were inscrutable in the shadows of their cowls. The two younger men were both a little wide-eyed- obviously uncomfortable at the emotions that had been bared in the room. There was still a hint of admiration in Will's eyes, however, as he continued to stare at the Baron. Rodney was nodding in agreement with Arald's statements, while Gilan made a show of studying his nails.

  John Flanagan

  Eye, Men, Two

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• They done Wrong Like ink from a busted pen Thrown away 'cause of someone else Used up But he come back Dressed in night Fine as a king With his queen The wrong Made right So right.

  P. C. Cast

  Queens, Night, Ink

  P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast (2010). “Hunted: A House of Night Novel”, p.53, Macmillan

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• We are like Humpty Dumpty and all these king's horses and all these king's men cannot put us back together again

  Gayle Forman

  Horse, Men, Together Again

  Gayle Forman (2009). “If I Stay”, p.15, Penguin

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• I want you to steal something." I smiled. "Do you want the king's seal? I can get it for you." "If I were you," said the magus, "I'd stop bragging about that." His voice grated. My smile grew. The gold ring with the engraved ruby had been in his safekeeping when I had stolen it away.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Voice, Gold, Rubies

  Megan Whalen Turner (2009). “The Thief”, p.12, Harper Collins

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• Anyone who can steal the king's seal ring can manage the locks on his record room.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Locks, Records, Rooms

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• I know what you're thinking," Grandma said into the silence. "Do I have anymore bullets in this here gun? Well, with all the confusion, what with being locked up in a refrigerator, I plumb forgot what was in here to start with. But being that this is a 45 magnum, the most powerful handgun in existence, and it could blow your head clean off, you just got to ask yourself one question. Do you feel lucky today? Well, do you, punk?" Christ," Spiro whispered. "She thinks she's f**king Clint Eastwood.

  Janet Evanovich

  Powerful, Grandma, Blow

  FaceBook post by Janet Evanovich from Apr 23, 2015

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• You want to know how Egyptians pulled the brains out of mummies. or built the pyramids, or cursed King Tut's tomb? My dad's your man.

  Rick Riordan

  Dad, Men, Pyramids

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• Gil-galad was an Elven-king. Of him the harpers sadly sing: the last whose realm was fair and free between the Mountains and the Sea. His sword was long, his lance was keen, his shining helm afar was seen; the countless stars of heaven's field were mirrored in his silver shield. But long ago he rode away, and where he dwelleth none can say; for into darkness fell his star in Mordor where the shadows are.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Stars, Long Ago, Sea

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.139, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• In terms of the historical record, I should also point out that there is no account in any ancient source whatsoever about King Herod slaughtering children in or around Bethlehem, or anyplace else. No other author, biblical or otherwise, mentions this event. Is it, like John's account of Jesus' death, a detail made up by Matthew in order to make some kind of theological point?

  Bart D. Ehrman

  Jesus, Children, Biblical

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• You have to be nicer to me," I said. Again he laughed. "What? I'm the King of nice. What are you talking about?" "You have to be nicer to me or... or..." "Or what?" he said. Still Lars, still charming and jokey, but with a thread of fear. It snaked in and pierced my numbness and almost broke my resolve. Almost, but not quite. "Or I have ti break up with you." I whispered What was there more to say? Nothing. So I hung up.

  Lauren Myracle

  Nice, Numbness, Talking

  Lauren Myracle (2008). “Thirteen”, p.149, Penguin

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• Your Majesty, you just-" Costis stopped. "Just what?" the king prompted wickedly. Nothing would induce Costis to say out loud that the king had almost fallen from the palace wall and that Costis had seen him manifestly saved by the God of Thieves. The king smiled. "Cat got your tongue?" "Your Majesty, you are drunk," Costis pleaded. "I am. What's your excuse?

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Wall, Cat, Drunk

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• Oh, that," said the king with a shrug. "That isn't your honor, Costis. That's the public perception of your honor. It has nothing to do with anything important, except perhaps for manipulating fools who mistake honor for its bright, shiny trappings. You can always change the perceptions of fools.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Mistake, Perception, Honor

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• Let me be clear. Last I was aware you were neither my husband nor my father nor my King. Therefore, any control you may imagine you hold over me is just that- imaginary

  Sarah MacLean

  Husband, Father, May

  Sarah MacLean (2010). “The Season”, p.169, Scholastic Inc.

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• A man follows the path laid out for him. He does his duty to God and his King. He does what he must do, not what pleases him. God's truth, boy, what kind of world would this be if every man did what pleased him alone? Who would plough the fields and reap the harvest, if every man had the right to say, 'I don't want to do that.' In this world there is a place for every man, but every man must know his place.

  Wilbur Smith

  Men, Boys, Path

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• You try getting through the Hollows traffic with a stoned redhead hanging out the window shouting, 'I'm king of the world!' ~Lee

  Kim Harrison

  Trying, World, Window

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• Why are you talking to the King Loser Dork? You want to talk about ugly? Look at what he’s wearing. (Stone) I like a man who takes fashion chances. It’s the mark of someone who lives by his own code. A rebel. A real lone wolf is a lot sexier than a pack animal who follows orders and can’t have an opinion unless someone else gives it to him. (Nekoda)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Fashion, Real, Animal

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Infinity: Chronicles of Nick”, p.20, Macmillan

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• Muse of poetry, come to his aid, I thought. Could the man produce one more metaphor of husbandry? He seemed to be trying. "Green wood," I suggested, but even he sensed that there was something unfortunate about a metaphor for a king in which you dry out your royalty before you set fire to it.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Men, Fire, Trying

  Megan Whalen Turner (2010). “A Conspiracy of Kings”, Greenwillow

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