Kings Quotes - Page 33

• From now on, I promise I wil consult with you before I do anything you don't expect. Is that acceptable? Only if it involves weapons, magic, kings, or family members, she said. Or flowers. Or flowers, she agreed.

  Christopher Paolini

  Flower, Magic, Promise

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.1676, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Sometimes, it is not the kings and queen who make for the most fascinating history but the shadowy souls who happen to be in the right place at the right time.

  Michelle Moran

  Queens, Soul, Sometimes

  Michelle Moran (2011). “Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution”, p.440, Broadway Books

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• I love this quote when Valerian the King of the Nymphs says to his mate Shaye; "I am Valerian, leader of the nymphs. You may call me Oh God, that is what the other surface dwellers have preferred to call me".

  Gena Showalter

  Nymphs, Leader, May

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• I know you so well, dragon king, you only get that particular look on your face when you're burning to give me one of your lectures." "Do I give you lectures ?" "Oh, I don't mind. I think you're kind of cute when you do, and I don't really listen anyway.

  Christine Feehan

  Cute, Thinking, Dragons

  Christine Feehan (2008). “Predatory Game”, p.150, Penguin

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• Can't you see me as king of the Hereford ranchers, Lucy?" "Oh, I can see you, all right... I can see you riding out on your beautiful palomino checking the herd... There you sit, silhouetted against the evening sky... Sucking your thumb and holding that stupid blanket!

  Charles M. Schulz

  Beautiful, Stupid, Sky

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• Then Frodo came forward and took the crown from Faramir and bore it to Gandalf; and Aragorn knelt, and Gandalf set the White Crown upon his head and said: Now come the days of the King, and may they be blessed while the thrones of the Valar endure!

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Blessed, White, Thrones

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.946, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• No stonger allies no greater friends no bigger fighters of honor could a king behould then these assembled afore me mine brothers mine blood

  J.R. Ward

  Brother, Blood, Honor

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• The woman turned and went slowly into the house. As she passed the doors she turned and looked back. Grave and thoughtful was her glance, as she looked on the king with cool pity in here eyes. Very fair was her face, and her long hair was like a river of gold. Slender and tall she was in her white robe girt with silver; but strong she seemed and stern as steel, a daughter of kings.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Daughter, Strong, Eye

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.73, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Thus Aragorn for the first time in the full light of day beheld Éowyn, Lady of Rohan, and thought her fair, fair and cold, like a morning of pale spring that is not yet come to womanhood. And she was now suddenly aware of him: tall heir of kings, wise with many winters, greycloaked, hiding a power that yet she felt. For a moment still as stone she stood, then turning swiftly she was gone.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Wise, Morning, Spring

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.73, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Several of them were discussing this in low tones as they waited for Halt to arrive - until they realized that he was already among them. They weren't used to this. Kings were supposed to sweep into a room majestically - not suddenly appear without anyone seeing their arrival.

  John Flanagan

  Rooms, Tone, Used

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• There is no reason why a king should be rich or a rich man should be a king, no reason at all.

  Gertrude Stein

  Men, Reason Why, Rich

  Gertrude Stein (2004). “Look at Me Now and Here I Am: Writings and Lectures, 1911-1945”, Peter Owen Publishers

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• Amy gritted her teeth. "King Louis XVI even put Franklin's picture on a chamber pot!" Jonah looked at his dad. "Do we have souvenir chamber pots?" "No." His dad whipped out his phone. "I'll make the call.

  Rick Riordan

  Dad, Phones, Teeth

  Rick Riordan (2016). “The 39 Clues 1: The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones”, p.107, Scholastic UK

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• I wrote this [Most Kings] before MJ died, and his death only proves my point: When he was alive, the King of Pop, people were tireless in taking him down, accepting as truth every accusation people made against him, assuming the worst until they drove him away. When he died, suddenly he was beloved again - people realized that the charges against him might really have been bogus, and that the skin lightening was really caused by a disease, and that his weirdness was part of his artistry. But when he was alive and on top, they couldn't wait to bring him down.

  Jay-Z

  People, Waiting, Skins

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• When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest.

  Stephen King

  Book, Writing, Editing

  "Beyond cuts: the many roles of a writer's editor" by Nell Frizzell, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2014.

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• Everyone knew what he was thinking. Certainly there were demons in the world. But they were like Tehlu’s angels. They were like heroes and kings. They belonged in stories. They belonged out there. Taborlin the Great called up fire and lightning to destroy demons. Tehlu broke them in his hands and sent them howling into the nameless void. Your childhood friend didn’t stomp one to death on the road to Baedn-Bryt. It was ridiculous.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Hero, Angel, Thinking

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• Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.

  Stephen King

  Writing, Heart, Littles

  Stephen King (2000). “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft”, p.271, Simon and Schuster

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• Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed King.

  William Shakespeare

  Sea, Water, Rude

  'Richard II' (1595) act 3, sc. 2, l. 54

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• Cheerily to sea; the signs of war advance: No king of England, if not king of France

  William Shakespeare

  War, Sea, France

  William Shakespeare, Andrew Gurr (2000). “The First Quarto of King Henry V”, p.46, Cambridge University Press

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• Leo scratched his head. “Well I dunno about Enchiladas-“ “Enceladus,” Piper corrected. “Whatever. But Old Potty Face mentioned another name. Porpoise Fear, or something?” “Porphyrion?” Piper asked. ”He was the giant king, I think.

  Rick Riordan

  Thinking, Names, Giants

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• Little by little, the old world crumbled, and not once did the king imagine that some of the pieces might fall on him.

  Jennifer Donnelly

  Fall, Pieces, World

  Jennifer Donnelly (2010). “Revolution”, p.172, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• On those nights, the words were for me alone. They came up unbidden from my heart. They spilled over my tongue and spilled out my mouth. And because of them, I, who was nothing and nobody, was a prince of Denmark, a maid of Verona, a queen of Egypt. I was a sour misanthrope, a beetling hypocrite, a conjurer's daughter, a mad and murderous king.

  Jennifer Donnelly

  Daughter, Queens, Heart

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• I'm the king of the 20th century. I'm the boogeyman, the villian, the black sheep of the family.

  Alan Moore

  Sheep, Black, Century

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• Behold the Drojim Palace," King Urgit said extravagantly to Sadi, "the hereditary home of the House of Urga." "A most unusual structure, You Majesty," Sadi murmured. "That's a diplomatic way to put it." Urgit looked critically at his palace. "It's gaudy, ugly, and in terribly bad taste. It does, however, suit my personality almost perfectly.

  David Eddings

  Home, House, Personality

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• ...I know that in your heart you miss all those wonderful moments you spent with my father --watching him gnaw on the furniture, listening to his insane gibbering, and enjoying all those playful blows to the stomach and kicks to the head with which he demonstrated his affection for his wives. --King Urgit

  David Eddings

  Father, Heart, Blow

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• It's good to be the king.

  Mel Brooks

  History of theWorld: Part I (motion picture) (1981)

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