“I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action or interesting the plot twists, if I don't feel like I'm meeting someone who feels real, I'm not going to be compelled to read further.” IfsFeelsI CanRealMatterCharacterActionInterestingReaderKingsRegardMeetingsQueensPlotCompelledTwistsMeeting SomeonePlot Twists Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“Crown Prince Rupprecht, the heir to the throne of Bavaria who commanded the army group facing the British at the Somme, was the senior direct lineal heir of James Stuart, the Old Pretender of 1715. Had there been any Jacobites left in Britain in 1916, they would have had to regard this south German prince as their rightful king.” LeftHistoryGroupsHumourKingsDirectArmyRegardSouthBritishBritainCrownsThronesSeniorHeirsPretender Author:David Frum
“After men have got their exaltations and their crowns--have become Gods, even the sons of God--are made Kings of kings and Lords of lords, they have the power then of propagating their species in spirit; and that is the first of their operations with regard to organizing a world. Power is then given to them to organize the elements, and then commence the organization of tabernacles.” MenWorldFirstsMadeSpiritGivenLordSonKingsElementsOrganizationRegardSpeciesOperationsCrownsOrganizeExaltationWorld Power Book:Journal of Discourses Source: Journal of Discourses
“Even if you must have regard to wealth, in order to secure leisure, yet it is surely a bad thing that the greatest offices, such as those of kings and generals, should be bought. The law which allows this abuse makes wealth of more account than virtue, and the whole state becomes avaricious.” IfsShouldStatesWholeLawOrderWealthJusticeVirtueKingsOfficeAbuseAccountsRegardSecureBad ThingsLeisure Book:The Essential Aristotle Source: The Essential Aristotle
“The real searcher after truth will not receive the old because it is old, or reject the new because it is new. He will not believe men because they are dead, or contradict them because they are alive. With him an utterance is worth the truth, the reason it contains, without the slightest regard to the author. He may have been a king or serf - a philosopher or servant, - but the utterance neither gains nor loses in truth or reason. Its value is absolutely independent of the fame or station of the man who gave it to the world.” MenWorldBelieveMayHas BeensRealReasonWisdomTruthValuesLosesAliveHe ManKingsFameGainsRegardIndependentPhilosopherServantRejectsStationsBelieve In MeUtteranceSearchersSerfs Book:Superstition and Other Essays Source: Superstition and Other Essays