Queen Quotes - page 8

When he loved his bride it was not a queen he loved, but rather the girl as she might have been if she had not been destroyed in her childhood. (Orson Scott Card)
The London office of the International Council for University Development was in Queen Street. Edwin hesitated outside, adjusting his cap, tightening the knot of his tie, smoothing his pyjama collar. The portals, a naked sculptural group above them emblematic of the Tutorial System, were designed to intimidate. The doors were all glass and hence appeared to be ever-open; this again must be emblematic of something. View quote
Anthony Burgess
Night falls over Machu Picchu to the sound of Abba's 'Dancing Queen'. View quote
Michael Palin
If you think back, my comments were very open to interpretation. And you happen to be easily misled. As for the queen, who is difficult to lead anywhere... I have always been and intend to be entirely straightforward. View quote
Suzanne Collins
Ever since the first day I arrived in this town, the general impression has been that I'm like a queen holding court on chosen days. View quote
Irene Dunne
Sure, I'd take the responsibility of queen any day. View quote
Charisma Carpenter
I think drugs are like strawberries. That was something I was very much a part of, but at the same time there's that incredible nightmare paranoia... it drives human beings crazy. It frightened me to see it around me... I had everything that could be moves stolen by speed freaks. Things began to disappear. The Queen Bee Speedfreaks and Amphetamine Annie had found out where my apartment was. All my jewelry was stolen and all my expensive clothes. Dior, Balenciaga... just tons of originals. By the way, have you heard anything about my furs? Everybody's wearing them. View quote
Edie Sedgwick
Italy, my Italy Queen Mary's saying serves for me (When fortune's malice Lost her Calais) 'Open my heart, and you will see Graved inside of it 'Italy.' View quote
Robert Browning
Well may we say "God save the Queen", because nothing will save the Governor-General! The Proclamation which you have just heard read by the Governor-General's Official Secretary was countersigned "Malcolm Fraser," who will undoubtedly go down in Australian history from Remembrance Day 1975 as Kerr's cur. They won't silence the outskirts of Parliament House, even if the inside has been silenced for the next few weeks ... Maintain your rage and enthusiasm for the campaign for the election now to be held and until polling day. View quote
Gough Whitlam
Two days ago, I dreamt I married a 5-year-old boy. He treated me like a queen and was perfectly lovely. We took a driving trip for our honeymoon. Then it dawned on me: 'Oh my God! He doesn't have a driver's license! We could get arrested! View quote
Megan Mullally
Throwing open the door, she brings forth the veritable queen of all the souffles, that spreads its archangelic wings over the entire kitchen as it leaps upwards from the dish in which the force of gravity alone confines it. (Angela Carter)
I think baking cookies is equal to Queen Victoria running an empire. There's no difference in how seriously you take the job, how seriously you approach your whole life. View quote
Martha Stewart
When you're a writer, the question people always ask you is, "Where do you get your ideas?" Writers hate this question. It's like asking Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen, "Where do you get your leeches?" You don't get ideas. Ideas get you. View quote
Connie Willis
You're Valentine's son. I'm sure you're the one the Queen really wants to see. Besides, you're charming. Maybe not at the moment. View quote
Cassandra Clare
One does not greet the Queen of the Seelie Court with the barbarous human 'hello'. View quote
Cassandra Clare
The Queen sniffed. "I rather miss your Jace," she said. "Of all of you, he was the prettiest and the best-mannered. View quote
Cassandra Clare
There was no way possible [the queen] could have done all of the things the pamphleteers claimed. The crimes were too gross, too immoral and far too physically challenging. Magnus himself had never attempted half of them. View quote
Cassandra Clare
He is bound to you,” said the Queen. "But does he love you? View quote
Cassandra Clare
Love makes us liars. The Seelie Queen told me that. So don't judge me for lying about how I feel. You do it too. View quote
Cassandra Clare
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. View quote
Cassandra Clare
She hated that little voice inside her head. Like the Seelie Queen, it planted doubts where there shouldn't be doubts, asked questions that had no answer. (Cassandra Clare)
We, her people of Gibraltar, are perhaps the only ones in her reign who have chosen to remain British on two occasions... We've chosen her twice... So we can proudly say that she is our Queen by invitation and not imposition. View quote
Fabian Picardo
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. View quote
Katherine Paterson
When Leslie spoke, the words rolled out so regally, you knew she was a proper queen. He could hardly manage English, much less the poetic language of a king. View quote
Katherine Paterson
Ophelia was a circus queen the female cannonball projected through five flaming hoops to wild and shocked applause... View quote
Natalie Merchant