Quotes of: King Keyword

The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)

A Clash of Kings

A wise man did not pour wildfire on a brazier. Instead he poured a fresh cup of wine.

A Clash of Kings

[Connor to Major Wentworth, grandson of King George] "My fathers were lairds in the Highlands when yours were still farmin' kale back in Germany!

Defiant

The Word frees us from smallness of mind (1 Kings 4:29) and from threatening confinements (Psalm 18:19).

Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

War is an infidel; it holds no loyalties, neither to king nor countryman. She is a whore, selling herself to the highest bidder. Victory is bought in blood and steel.

Dominion

In the darkest region of the political field the condemned man represents the symmetrical, inverted figure of the king.

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

We are forever becoming! We never arrive, as long as we are on this side of Heaven there is more to learn.

The Enchanting Legends Of Shiloh Mansion: The Young King

Trust your instincts, and make judgements on what your heart tells you. The heart will not betray you.

Fall of Kings

I would have offered you a forest of truth, but you wish to speak of a single leaf

Fall of Kings

I am not your king, impudent larva? Who then has created you? You. But you should not have created me free.

The Flies

Complaining about boring football is a little like complaining about the sad ending of King Lear: it misses the point somehow.

Fever Pitch

Kings may usurp thrones, republics may be established, but the town scarcely stirs. Plassan sleeps while Paris fights.

The Fortune of the Rougons

The Earth is an animal that shakes off its fleas when they dig too deep, bite too hard.

A Hologram for the King

Did children want sports cars for parents? No. They wanted Hondas. They wanted to know that the car would start in all seasons.

A Hologram for the King

Like a lot of stupid people, it took a great deal to get an idea into the king's head, but once there, there was no shifting it.

A Brief History of Ireland

There’s a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings.

A Brief History of Montmaray

The time has come," the walrus said, "to talk of many things: Of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

Leaving would imply suitcases and empty drawers, and late birthday cards with ten-dollar bills stuffed inside.

The Iron King

As cities grow and technology takes over the world belief and imagination fade away and so do we.

The Iron King

There's always a bit of suspense about the particular way in which a given school year will get off to a bad start.

King Dork

If I wasn’t mated, and wasn’t straight, and you were a Mage, and we hadn’t made that pact for friendship’s sake, I would totally screw you.

King Hall