T Quotes
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“The king lifted a hand to her cheek and kissed her. It was not a kiss between strangers, not even a kiss between a bride and groom. It was a kiss between a man and his wife, and when it was over, the king closed his eyes and rested his forehead in the hollow of the queen's shoulder, like a man seeking respite, like a man reaching home at the end of the day.”
“The king may rule the kingdom, but it's the queen who moves the board.”
“The king must die so that the country can live.”
“The King of Abyssinia always dines alone.”
Source: The Mystic Rose: A Study of Primitive Marriage
“The King of all Chimeras makes impossibilities possible for He has given us the pieces of a grand puzzle with the freedom to discover how it all fits, individually and collectively.”
Source: The Fall And Rise Of Chimeras
“The king of comedy is dead. Richard Pryor was the king of comedy. The rest of them are the king of copycats.”
“The King of Glory does not reward His servants according to the dignity of their office, but according to the humility and love with which they have exercised it.”
“The King of Hell was everything they said he was, both less and more. He was reputed to have the ability to seduce an abbess or the pope himself, and she could see why. It wasn't his physical beauty, which was considerable. He had dark blue eyes behind a fringe of ridiculously long lashes, pale, beautiful skin, the kind of mouth that could bring despair and delight- and what the hell was she doing, thinking about such things?
He looked younger than his reputed age, around forty, and while his long dark hair was streaked with silver it only made him seem more leonine, more dangerous. He was tall, and he moved with an elegant grace that put dancers to shame. He was standing far too close to her, to the gun she'd stolen from Jacobs while he was busy with the carriage, and he was looking at her with far too much interest and absolutely no fear.”
Source: Ruthless
“The King of Sea and Sky was proud of Theo’s mastery. Being a novice was safe. When you are learning how to do something, you do not have to worry about whether or not you are good at it. But when you have done something, have learned how to do it again, you are not safe anymore. Being a master opens you up to judgment.”
Source: the dog
“The king of the jailhouse and the queen of the road think sharing the burden will lighten the load.”
“The King once said to me, 'Harold, you stand above all other men.' I said, 'No, Sire. I want nothing more than to stand shoulder to shoulder with my men. I am nothing without them.”
Source: The King's Shadow
“The King paused at the door, suddenly looking almost shy. “I don’t wish to be bold, or to instruct you of matters that are none of my concern,” he began, and I froze, fearful of what was coming. “But I like you in blue,” he finished, and disappeared.”
Source: Queen of Camelot
“The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.”
“The king picked up his goblet, swirling the wine inside. 'I didn't receive word that your legion was here.'
"They're not."
Chaol braced for the execution order, praying he wouldn't be the one to do it. The king said, "I told you to bring them, General."
"Here, I was thinking you wanted the plesure of my company.”
Source: Heir of Fire
“The King plays a most important part in the endgame, and gains in power and activity as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. Acting in eight different directions, he becomes, instead of the weakest piece, one of the most formidable units.”
“The king poured maple syrup on his waffle. The syrup puddled the depressions in the waffle the way that desire puddles the folds in the brain”
Source: Still Life with Woodpecker
“The king raised an eyebrow at Flynn, who saluted him as best he could.
"Isn't that Flynn Rider, the very wanted thief?" he demanded in a rich, rolling voice. "The one who stole the goblet? And the crown?"
"No, dear," the queen said, wiping her eyes. "Our daughter just told you: that's Eugene. Who saved her. No relation at all to that other man."
She gave Flynn a sharp look and the corner of her lips twitched into a hastily smothered smile.
Flynn blinked in surprise.”
Source: What Once Was Mine
“The king reigns but does not govern.”
“The king rose. 'What a mighty queen you are,' he breathed.
And Mor backed away. Step by step.
'What a prize,' the king said, that black gaze devouring her.
Azriel's head lifted from where he was sprawled in his own blood, eyes full of rage and pain as he snarled at the king, 'Don't you touch her.'
Mor looked at Azriel- and there was real fear there. Fear- and something else. She didn't stop moving until she again kneeled beside him and pressed a hand to his wound. Azriel hissed- but covered her bloody fingers with his own.”
Source: A Court of Mist and Fury
“The King ruled in consultation with his chief nobles, who fromed the nucleus of what was in effect a military aristocracy, whose power was centered on the castles they used to subdue and dominate the land.”
Source: Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life
“The King’s daughter, the Princess Gemdelovely must be given to the Stoorworm.”
Source: Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm: The Legendary Scottish ‘Dragon Slayer’ Folktale
“The King’s Hand should have a hand,” the Hand said “I will not have men speaking of the King’s Stump”
Source: Fire & Blood
“The King’s Wit was not a silly court fool such as one might find in other kingdoms. He was a sword, a tool maintained by the king. Insulting others was beneath the dignity of the king, so just as one used gloves when forced to handle something vile, the king retained a Wit so he didn’t have to debase himself to the level of rudeness or offensiveness.”
Source: The Way of Kings (2 of 5) [Dramatized Adaptation]
“The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.”
“The king shall singly deliberate over secret matters; for ministers have their own ministers, and these latter some of their own; this kind of successive line of ministers tends to the disclosure of counsels.”
“The king should act with promptitude, for without promptitude of action mere destiny never accomplishes the objects cherished by kings. The question for whether it is the king that makes the age or the age that makes the king, the king should entertain no doubt. It is the king that makes the age.”
Source: Leadership Secrets From The Mahabharata
“The king standing before them gaped as the shield of flame died out to reveal Aelin and Dorian, hand in hand, glowing like newborn gods as their magic entwined.”
Source: Queen of Shadows
“The King struggles to work with other countries. It's a warrior's concern, and as current events [demonstrate], the challenges in working with international partners are very serious and far from comedic.”
“The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force; With equal care, to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument.”
“The King walks. He nods. His glance is like God's touch - under it all things spring to life. A wave of his hand and a hundred musicians tear into the Handel, making a sound you've never heard before, and never will again. A sound that goes through you, through flesh and bone, and reorders the very beat of your heart.”
Source: Revolution
“The king was pregnant.”
“The king was silent. 'Ents!' he said at length. 'Out of the shadows of legend I begin a little to understand the marvel of the trees, I think. I have lived to see strange days. Long we have tended our beasts and our fields, built our houses, wrought our tools, or ridden away to help in the wars of Minas Tirith. And that we called the life of Men, the way of the world. We cared little for what lay beyond the borders of our land. Songs we have that tell of these things, but we are forgetting them, teaching them only to children, as a careless custom. And now the songs have come down among us out of strange places, and walk visible under the Sun.”
Source: The Lord of the Rings
“The king who deals harshly with merchants who come from afar closes the door of well-being upon the whole of his subjects. When do the wise return to the land of which they hear rumours of bad custom?”
“The king who has the broad bean does not have one whole wafer. (Le roi qui a la fève - N'a la galette entière.)”
“The king who makes war on his enemies tenderly distresses his subjects most cruelly.”
“The king who stepped into the ballroom wearing a green velvet robe and bejeweled crown was none other that the tiger-man who'd prowled through my nightmares and nearly every waking moment for the past two days. Chorda.”
Source: Inhuman
“The king worths for nothing, without a Queen leading the way.”
Source: Atnomen
“The King's 28 letters have been described by scholars as the world's best alphabet and the most scientific system of writing.”
“The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the people's milk.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“The king's might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.”
“The king's name is a tower of strength.”
“The King's son, who was told that a great princess, whom nobody knew, was come, ran out to receive her. He gave her his hand as she alighted from the coach, and led her into the hall where the company were assembled.”
Source: The Tales of Mother Goose as First Collected by Charles Perrault in 1696
“The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get.”
“The king, which during the opening and middlegame stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the endgame a very important and aggressive piece, and the beginner should realize this, and utilize his king as much as possible.”
“The king-becoming graces,
As justice, verity, temp'rance, stableness,
Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness,
Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,
I have no relish of them, but abound
In the division of each several crime,
Acting in many ways.”
Source: Macbeth
“The kingdom involves the realization of our personalities according to the inner plan established within us by God; hence, the unfolding of a Self that predates and transcends the ego.”
Source: The Kingdom Within: The Inner Meaning of Jesus' Sayings – A Psychotherapist's Guide to Consciousness and Wholeness
“The Kingdom is entered into by those who daily grow up spiritually in God.”
“The Kingdom is God is found within a man, yet all is life he keep searching somewhere else.”
“The kingdom is not an exclusive, well-trimmed suburb with snobbish rules about who can live there. No, it is for a larger, homelier, less self-conscious caste of people who understand they are sinners because they have experienced the yaw and pitch of moral struggle.”
“The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies”
Source: Life Together