Kings Quotes - Page 35

• Love is influenced by no consideration, recognizes no restraints of reason, and is of the same nature as death, that assails alike the lofty palaces of kings and the humble cabins of shepherds; and when it takes entire possession of a heart, the first thing it does is to banish fear and shame from it.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Heart, Humble, Love Is

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1982). “The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha”

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• You never know," Jack said speculatively. "There may come a time when savages like William Hamleigh aren't in power; when the laws protect the ordinary people instead of enslaving them; when the king makes peace instead of war. Think of that - a time when towns in England don't need walls!

  Ken Follett

  Wall, War, Thinking

  Ken Follett (2011). “Ken Follett EPIC HISTORICAL COLLECTION”, p.1204, Penguin

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• And the kings were no better to their own people than they were to each others.

  Kristin Cashore

  People

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Graceling”, p.18, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• And at one point (cough) walking into a chicks knife (cough), he'd finally won. 'I'm king of the world, bitches. Come in here and bask in my glory.' His voice echoed through the foyer, expectant eager. -Strider

  Gena Showalter

  Knives, Voice, Foyers

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• Rafael, the Rat King, stared at the carnage with black-button eyes. "She is dead." "Ding dong, the witch is dead.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Eye, Black, Buttons

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2011). “Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 1-5”, p.425, Penguin

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• God bless our good and gracious King, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.

  John Wilmot

  Wise, Promise, Foolish

  John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (Illustrated)”, p.178, Delphi Classics

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• I read and I read; and I was like a medieval king, I had fallen in love with the picture long before I saw the reality.

  John Fowles

  Reality, Long, Saws

  John Fowles (1965). “The Magus”

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• Bear Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is STARK.

  George R. R. Martin

  Islands, Names, Bears

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.69, Bantam

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• But there was no room at the inn"; the inn is the gathering place of public opinion; so often public opinion locks its doors to the King.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Doors, Public Opinion, Gathering

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• I will tell you something else, King, which may be a surprise for you. It will not happen for hundreds of years, but both of us are to come back.

  T. H. White

  Years, May, Surprise

  T. H. White (2011). “The Once and Future King”, p.253, Penguin

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• Contemporary fantasists all bow politely to Lord Tennyson and Papa Tolkien, then step around them to go back to the original texts for inspiration--and there are a lot of those texts. We have King Arthur and his gang in English; we've got Siegfried and Brunhild in German; Charlemagne and Roland in French; El Cid in Spanish; Sigurd the Volsung in Icelandic; and assorted 'myghtiest Knights on lyfe' in a half-dozen other cultures. Without shame, we pillage medieval romance for all we're worth.

  David Eddings

  Inspiration, Knights, Other Cultures

  David Eddings, Leigh Eddings (2007). “The Rivan Codex: Ancient Texts of THE BELGARIAD and THE MALLOREON”, p.6, Del Rey

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• Swords have been my life, not books. But every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness. Your father was not the first. King Jaehaerys once told me that madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Every time a new Targaryen is born, he said, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land.

  George R. R. Martin

  Children, Father, Book

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• That's what the court needs-a happy king, a king who can't stop dreaming of being lost in someone who wants to be just as lost. Tell me you'll let me get lost in you.

  Melissa Marr

  Dream, Needs, Want

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• Unpredictable as a hungry lion, he might be feared by everyone else, but he never ripped out my throat, only licked me, and, if his tongue was a little rough sometimes, it was worth it to walk beside the king of the jungle.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Hungry Lion, Littles, Might

  Karen Marie Moning (2011). “Shadowfever: Fever Series”, p.18, Delacorte Press

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• I drink juice when I'm killin' cause it's f**king delicious!

  Gerard Way

  Juice, Causes, Drink

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• I thought if we made an album that tried to change the world, or give it hope, it would really happen. But all people found was death and destruction and misery and self-hate. I learned that the world doesn't want to be saved, and it will f**king punch you in the face if you try.

  Gerard Way

  Hate, Self, People

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• Dan was suspicious. "How did he find out where we were staying?" Amy frowned. "I think that's the message inside the message. He wants us to know that he has a long reach–that's he's rich and powerful." "Like we'll see his giant mansion and assume he works at Burger King," scoffed Dan.

  Gordon Korman

  Powerful, Thinking, Long

  Gordon Korman (2011). “The Medusa Plot”, p.126, Scholastic Inc.

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• Happiness is not only a hope, but also in some strange manner a memory ... we are all kings in exile.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Memories, Strange, Exile

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• As the last Seelie left the hall, Roiben, self-declared King of the Unseelie Court, nearly fell into his throne. Kaye tried to smile at him, but he was not looking at her. He was staring out across the brugh with eyes the color of falling ash. Corny had not stopped laughing.

  Holly Black

  Fall, Eye, Self

  Holly Black (2008). “Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale”, p.305, Simon and Schuster

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• I have cried even when the laugh did choke me. But no more think that I am all sorry when I cry, for the laugh he come just the same. Keep it always with you that laughter who knock at your door and say, ‘May I come in?’ is not true laughter. No! He is a king, and he come when and how he like. He ask no person, he choose no time of suitability. He say, ‘I am here.

  Bram Stoker

  Laughter, Sorry, Thinking

  Bram Stoker, Colm Toibin (2012). “On Dracula: Including a free facsimile edition of Dracula”, p.121, Hachette UK

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• We, as we read, must become Greeks, Romans, Turks, priest and king, martyr and executioner; must fasten these images to some reality in our secret experience, or we shall learn nothing rightly.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Reality, Greek, Secret

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.16, Graphic Arts Books

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• Today’s events are reminiscent of the Old Testament story of how the Israelites demanded a king over God’s objection. They believed that a king would give them peace and security. The results proved otherwise.

  Ron Paul

  Giving, Events, Stories

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• There is a darkness in you. In all of us, probably. Beasts we keep chained. Ordinary men have to keep the chains strong, for if we let the beast loose then society will turn upon us with fiery vengeance. Kings though...well, who is there to turn upon them? So the chains are made of straw. It is the curse of kings, Helikaon, that they can become monsters. And they invariably do.

  David Gemmell

  Strong, Men, Darkness

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• To the stupidity of men, " Dakota said, raising a glass. "And my brother, who is their king.

  Susan Mallery

  Girlfriend, Brother, Men

  Susan Mallery (2010). “Almost Perfect”, p.352, HQN Books

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• It didn't take me long to make up my mind that these liars warn't no kings nor dukes at all, but just low-down humbugs and frauds. But I never said nothing, never let on; kept it to myself; it's the best way; then you don't have no quarrels, and don't get into no trouble. If they wanted us to call them kings and dukes, I hadn't no objections, 'long as it would keep peace in the family; and it warn't no use to tell Jim, so I didn't tell him. If I never learnt nothing else out of pap, I learnt that the best way to get along with his kind of people is to let them have their own way.

  Mark Twain

  Liars, Long, People

  Mark Twain (2008). “10 Books in 1”, p.110, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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