#kingdom

You've done what?" "I know," he said. "You're impressed. You send me out for bread and I come back with a boy. Well, not literally. That would be weird. Even for me. ↗

— Derek Landy

#humour #kingdom-of-the-wicked #skulduggery #valykrie #funny

What is that in his hand?" "A cleaver. As in-" "Butcher's knife." "You got it." "I hope not." "He does not look happy." "Are you sure it's a he?" "I don't want to know. ↗

— Ridley Pearson

#kingdom-keepers #knife #humor

How strange, Royce thought, that, after emerging victorious from more than a hundred real battles, the greatest moment of triumph he had ever known had come to him on a mock battlefield where he'd stood alone, unhorsed, and defeated. This morning, his life had seemed as bleak as death. Tonight, he held joy in his arms. Someone or something—fate or fortune or Jenny's God—had looked down upon him this morning and seen his anguish. And, for some reason, Jenny had been given back to him. Closing his eyes, Royce brushed a kiss against her smooth forehead. Thank you, he thought. And in his heart, he could have sworn he heard a voice answer, You're welcome. ↗

— Judith McNaught

#god #jenny #judith-mcnaught #roycesweetiepie #death

I stay in France. Better to be the queen of a village than a servant in a kingdom. ↗

— Emmanuelle Beart

#france #i #kingdom #queen #servant

I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World. ↗

— George Best

#go #i #kingdom #lot #miss

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#country #disgrace #fame #fearing #general

Any Reform Bill which is worth a moment's thought, or the smallest effort to carry it, must at least double, and it ought to do much more than double, the representation of the metropolitan boroughs and of all the great cities of the United Kingdom. ↗

— John Bright

#bill #carry #cities #double #effort

I've spent more than a decade channeling information for and about men. I'm able to come and use this information, with the help of the research, to hand over the keys to the kingdom to women. ↗

— David Zinczenko

#about #channeling #come #decade #hand

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#i do #kingdom

For so, surely you will cast a light of gladness upon his onward journey, and contribute your part towards the building of that kingdom of love which links our earth to heaven. ↗

— Edward Carpenter

#cast #contribute #earth #gladness #heaven