Queens Quotes - Page 6

• She was the stone-faced queen, then and ever after. She had needed the mask to rule, and she had been glad to have it. She wondered if Eugenides was glad of his.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Stones, Ever After, Mask

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• I could not but wonder at the queen's unprecedented civility, until I realized with a flush of shame that it was my own improved behavior that motivated hers. So it is that we in life determine our own treatment.

  Catherine Gilbert Murdock

  Wonder, Shame, Behavior

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• Mathematics is the queen of disciplines.... it will drive the nonsense out of your head!

  Leo Tolstoy

  Discipline, Nonsense, Mathematics

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• Shh" he said. "Look." "Where?" "Can't you see'um?" he whispered. "All the Terabithians standing on tiptoe to see you." "Me?" "Shh, yes. There's a rumor going around that the beautiful girl arrving today might be the queen they've been waiting for.

  Katherine Paterson

  Beautiful, Girl, Waiting

  "Bridge to Terabithia". Book by Katherine Paterson, October 21, 1977.

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• All tapes left in a car for more than about a fortnight metamorphose into Best of Queen albums.

  Terry Pratchett

  Car, Albums, Tape

  Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett (2011). “Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch”, p.16, Harper Collins

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• I could have guessed it all along, cuz now some drama queen is gonna write a song for me

  Emilie Autumn

  Song, Drama, Writing

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• If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married.

  Elizabeth I

  Being Single, Dignity, Married

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• If you are feeling more yourself, there is a problem best addressed immediately," said the queen. "In my nightshirt?" The king wriggled, as ever, out of straightforward obedience. "Your attendants. I have spoken to them. You will speak to them as well." "Ah. They have seen me in my nightshirt." He looked down at his sleeve, embroidered with white flowers. "Not in your nightshirt, though.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Kings, Flower, White

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• You're the queen, and it's the queen's house, and whatever Brigan may accomplish, he's highly unlikely ever to be queen.

  Kristin Cashore

  House, May, Unlikely

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.235, Penguin

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• And she arose from her deathbed in a gossamer gown, with eyes the color of starlight and hair as black as the night. And those who were her captors trembled, for the scent of death and madness emanated from her soul, and yet she was not dead. She moved like the spiders that creep in the treetops, and none could look away. Taking her first captor in hand, she fed deep and ravenous. And so it was that Myst, Queen of the Indigo Court, was born from the blood of the dead.

  Yasmine Galenorn

  Eye, Night, Hair

  Yasmine Galenorn (2010). “Night Myst”, p.13, Penguin

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• What did Isabelle want?" Jace asked. Alec hesitated. "Isabelle says the Queen of the Seelie Court has requested an audience with us." "Sure," said Magnus. "And Madonna wants me as a backup dancer on her next world tour." Alec looked puzzled. "Who's Madonna?" "Who's the Queen of the Seelie Court?" said Clary. "She is the Queen of Faerie," said Magnus. "Well, the local one, anyway." Jace put his head in his hands. "Tell Isabelle no." "But she thinks it's a good idea," Alec protested. "Then tell her no twice.

  Cassandra Clare

  Thinking, Hands, Ideas

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.543, Simon and Schuster

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• I did what I have been told to do by my queen. In so doing, I fell into a trap I couldn't escape. I still can't." "The trap of LUUUUVVVV, I thought sarcastically. But he was too serious, too calm, to mock.

  Charlaine Harris

  Serious, Calm, Traps

  Charlaine Harris (2008). “From Dead to Worse: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.16, Penguin

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• My boyfriends have all been as stoical as queen's guards. They'd been patient, committed, and dispassionate, and I'd had to really debase myself to extract any emotion, either grin or grimace, from them.

  Koren Zailckas

  Ex Boyfriend, My Boyfriend, Emotion

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• Were you hoping for a quest? A seemingly impossible task that you could relay to your queen afterward? Would you like to tell her that you found and slayed the dragon for love of her? -Queen Sorcha

  Melissa Marr

  Dragons, Tasks, Quests

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• Black Stache had no love for the Queen, no love for women of any sort, except for his ma. He had a real soft spot for his ma, and was truly sorry for the time he’d marooned her.

  Dave Barry

  Sorry, Real, Black

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• What is your future, son of a king?' he heard Torina say. Landen smiled. 'Ask your crystal, daughter of a queen.' She traced his eyebrow with a finger. 'My crystal never tells me what I can see with my own eyes.

  Victoria Hanley

  Daughter, Kings, Eye

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• Oh -- who's the Queen?" "Her, of course. The White Queen. You're just like Alice, you know. Down the rabbit hole with the Mad Hatter.

  Rachel Caine

  White, Mad, Rabbits

  Rachel Caine (2009). “Midnight Alley”, p.91, Allison & Busby

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• I'm the queen of the nerds.

  Tori Amos

  Nerd

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• I have always known that there were spellbinding evil parts for women. For one thing, I was taken at an early age to see Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Never mind the Protestant work ethic of the dwarfs. Never mind the tedious housework-is-virtuous motif. Never mind the fact that Snow White is a vampire -- anyone who lies in a glass coffin without decaying and then comes to life again must be. The truth is that I was paralysed by the scene in which the evil queen drinks the magic potion and changes her shape. What power, what untold possibilities!

  Margaret Atwood

  Lying, Taken, White

  Margaret Atwood (2009). “Curious Pursuits: Occasional Writing”, p.127, Hachette UK

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• I have no doubt that you are more than capable of bringing the Monsean queen and my son and the rest of my sons and a hundred Nanderan kittens through an onslaught of howling raiders if you chose to.

  Kristin Cashore

  Son, Doubt, Kitten

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Graceling”, p.431, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Once there was a gypsy queen who wore on her wrist a chain of six lucky charms - a golden crown, a silver horse, a butterfly caught in amber, a cat's eye shell, a bolt of lightning forged from the heart of a falling star, and the flower of the rue plant, herb of grace. The queen gave each of her six children one of the charms as their lucky talisman, but ever since the chain of charms was broken, the gypsies had been dogged with misfortune.

  Kate Forsyth

  Horse, Stars, Children

  Kate Forsyth (2007). “The Gypsy Crown: Chain of Charms 1”, Pan Australia

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• The world is a chessboard, Madam, on which we play out our ploys and follies. You are the Queen, of course. Your moves are the strongest. For myself, I claim only to be a knight, advancing in a crooked progress. Do we move ourselves, do you think, or does a great gloved hand place on our squares

  Catherine Fisher

  Life, Moving, Thinking

  Catherine Fisher (2010). “Sapphique”, p.130, Penguin

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• The fast fliers are not disgraced." Queen Ree reached up for the missing tiara. "She saved us, but she's with him now." Vidia was complicated, two fairies in one, a loyal traitor.

  Gail Carson Levine

  Two, Missing, Loyal

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• Aphrodite strikes again, huh? You're gonna be the best-dressed warrior in town, beauty queen.

  Rick Riordan

  Warrior, Towns, Being The Best

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• Claire signed. "Go ahead. And thanks. Oh, and be careful?" "Please. I am the queen of careful. Also, princess of punk fabulousness."

  Rachel Caine

  Princess, Thanks, Punk

  "Ghost Town". Book by Rachel Caine, October 26, 2010.

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