233 Quotes About Royalty

I am a queen" she observes. "It is natural that men are going to gather round me, hoping for a smile.

He is fragile, like a prince of ice, of glass.

Many rulers would have spent the morning complaining loudly about the cold and the discomfort, as if their complaints would actually serve to alleviate the situation and as if their attendants should be able to do something about it. Not the emperor. He accepted the situation knowing that he could do nothing to change the weather. Best to endure it without making life more difficult for those around him.

The queen watched Annwyl for several long moments. “You are an interesting . . . thing. I think I understand what my son sees in you.”Annwyl swallowed. “Son?”“You didn’t know?” Annwyl slowly shook her head. “Yes. I think all my children are quite unimpressed with their rank among dragons.”“Yes. Apparently they are.

You don't turn your back on your destiny.

Wolsey always said that the making of a treaty is the treaty. It doesn't matter what the terms are, just that there are terms. It's the goodwill that matters. When that runs out, the treaty is broken, whatever the terms say. It is the processions that matter, the exchange of gifts, the royal games of bowls, the tilts, jousts and masques; these are not preliminaries to the process, they are the process itself.

Royal blood isn't blue, it is a jaundiced shade of red and riddled with broken chromosomes

I’m relying on your innate nature now.” “I don’t under—”“A truce, peacemaker.”“With me?”“With Rhiannon.”Bram blinked. “Rhiannon who?” “Your queen.”“The one you called wide ass?” “One time. Gods that viper forgets nothing!

Historians of the sentimental school have sometimes regretted that royalty became absolute, while at the same time rejoicing that it installed plebeians in office. They deceive themselves. Royalty exalted plebeians just because it aimed at becoming absolute; it became absolute because it had exalted plebeians.