#roy

You're not seriously going?" Troy asks. "Of course I'm going," I say. "What other choice do I have?" "Um...not going. ↗

— Tera Lynn Childs

#phoebe #troy #lol

I respect you as my king, and I respect you as my father, but I do not respect you as a man! ↗

— Rebecca McKinsey

#elders #parents #respect #royalty #respect

[M]onarchy was, or ought to be, not so much absolute as mitigated by the principle of ius politicum, supporting a mixed polity partaking of elements both royal and political, which is to say, popular and representative. ↗

— Patrick Collinson

#monarchy-of-the-uk #political-science #politics #royalty #science

I once knew a man who was heir to the throne of a great kingdom, he lived as a ranger and fought his destiny to sit on a throne but in his blood he was a king. I also knew a man who was the king of a small kingdom, it was very small and his throne very humble but he and his people were all brave and worthy conquerors. And I knew a man who sat on a magnificent throne of a big and majestic kingdom, but he was not a king at all, he was only a cowardly steward. If you are the king of a great kingdom, you will always be the only king though you live in the bushes. If you are the king of a small kingdom, you can lead your people in worth and honor and together conquer anything. And if you are not a king, though you sit on the king’s throne and drape yourself in many fine robes of silk and velvet, you are still not the king and you will never be one. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#cowardice #destiny #fake #genuine #heir-to-the-throne

Only an idiot would rely on the energy of a bean or a leaf to stay awake throughout the day. ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#destroy-me #tea #warner #tea

... every monarch needs a blow on the head, from time to time. ↗

— Hilary Mantel

#royals #historical-fiction

Good God, I have taken leave of my senses. I never thank Delalieu. I've likely given the poor man a heart attack. ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#lol #warner #lol

Though the task of opening those doors is in no means difficult, Andria finds herself unable to move her shaking legs, as her ankles tremble in her crystal heels, and her fingers, holding gently onto the length of her gorgeous gown, terribly shake in step with the beat of her precious, precious heart. ↗

— Hannah Nikka Bryan

#apprehension #door #fantasy #fear #fiction

If it had been our intention to take Iraq, if it had been our intention to destroy the country, if it had been our intention to overrun the country, we could have done it unopposed. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

#could #country #destroy #done #had

Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless. ↗

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

#belongs #clear #destroy #friendship #fruitless