“God's visit to earth took place in an animal shelter with no attendants present and nowhere to lay the newborn king but a feed trough. ... For just an instant the sky grew luminous with angels, yet who saw the spectacle? Illiterate hirelings who watched the flocks of others, "nobodies" who failed to leave their names.” EarthNamesAnimalSawsSkyGrewKingsAngelLaysChristmasInstantShelterFlocksLuminousIlliterateNewbornTroughAnimal Shelter Book:The Jesus I Never Knew Source: The Jesus I Never Knew
“There comes, even to kings, the time of great weariness. Then the gold of the throne is brass, the silk of the palace becomes drab. The gems in the diadem and upon the fingers of the women sparkle drearily like the ice of white seas; the speech of men is as the empty rattle of a jester's bell and the feel comes of things unreal; even the sun is copper in the sky and the breath of the green ocean is no longer fresh.” MenFeelsWhiteSunSeaSkyKingsSpeechOceanEmptyGoldBreathsGreenFingersIceBellsThronesPalacesUnrealSilkGemsWearinessSparkleBrassCopperJester Book:Kull: Exile of Atlantis Source: Kull: Exile of Atlantis
“The year 1999, seventh month, from the sky will come a great King of Terror: to bring back to life the great King of the Mongols, before and after Mars to reign by good luck.” WorldYearsAgeTogetherPastGamesNumbersSkyMonthsKingsLateLuckTiredTerrorAccomplishedToo LateBuriedJudgedMarsReignApocalypseGood LuckOathTombsSlaughterClergyPresent TimeTime TogetherBefore And AfterDisloyalMongols Author:Nostradamus
“The year 1999, seventh month, [or simply "sept"] From the sky will come a great King of Terror. To bring back to life the great King of the Mongols, Before and after Mars to reign by good luck.” YearsSkyMonthsKingsLuckTerrorMarsReignApocalypseGood LuckBefore And AfterDisloyalMongols Author:Nostradamus
“I blast "Northern Sky," by the Capital Kings, on the way there, but at the gym, I totally zone out.” WaySkyKingsZoneGymBlast Author:Gabby Douglas
“Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.” MenLyingDiesThreeDarkLordDarknessSkyLandKingsShadowStonesSevenRingsNineMortalsHallsDoomedThronesGeekDwarfsDwarvesFellowship Of The RingMiddle EarthBooks And MoviesLord Of The RingMordor Author:J. R. R. Tolkien
“To the glistening Eastern sea, I give you Queen Lucy, the Valiant. To the great Western Wood, King Edmund the Just. To the radiant Southern sun, Queen Susan, the Gentle; and to the clear Northern sky I give you King Peter, the Magnificent. Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen. May your wisdom grace us 'til the stars rain down from the heavens.” GivingMayHeavenStarsSunClearGraceSeaSkyKingsRainWesternWoodsGentleQueensSouthernPeterMagnificentEasternWardrobeRadiantLucyNarniaValiantLion Witch WardrobeLion The Witch And The Wardrobe Author:C. S. Lewis
“The land is all too shallow It is painted on the sky And trembles like the wind-shook rain When the Raven King passed by” SkyLandWindKingsRainShallowRavens Author:Susanna Clarke
“Once upon a time there was a boy who lived in a house across the field from a girl who no longer exists. They made up a thousand games. She was Queen and he was King. In the autumn light, her hair shone like a crown. They collected the world in small handfuls. When the sky grew dark they parted with leaves in their hair.” WorldMadeLightGirlGamesHouseDarkBoysSkyFieldsHairGrewKingsThousandQueensAutumnCrownsHandfulOnce Upon A TimeHistory Of Love Author:Nicole Krauss
“The Cicada sing an endless song in the long grass, smells run along the earth and falling stars run over the sky, like tears over a cheek. You are the privileged person to whom everything is taken. The Kings of Tarshish shall bring gifts.” PersonsLongRunningEarthSongFallStarsTakenSkyTearsKingsSmellEndlessGrassCheeksPrivilegedCicadasLong Grass Book:Out of Africa Source: Out of Africa