“Men like Robin were never content, and men like Robin were all she would ever love, grasping, ambitious reflections of herself... He would begin to plot and scheme behind her back, building up a court faction... To emerge from that final conflict as the victor, it would be necessary to kill him. And she knew she was capable of doing it-- it was as simple as that.”
― quote from Legacy
“He saw the Queen and saw her for the first time with the mask of friendship removed, a figure suddenly as ruthless and terrible as ever her father had been... All their dazzling intimacy was an illusion, a mere straw in the wind, for in the last resort he was but a subject, as her mother had been.”
― quote from Legacy
“Words spoken in the heat of the moment may be forgiven; words preserved for ever on parchment may overreach their mark once passion has abated.”
― quote from Legacy
“If the lion knew his true strength it were hard for any man rule him.”
― quote from Legacy
“To Renard's suspicious eye, Elizabeth's nebulous role at court had taken on a new and sinister signifiance. This unspoken Protestant heir presumptive was suddenly the greatest obstacle to Prince Philip's path to England and Renard had already resolved to dispose of her at his earliest conveneicne. Accordingly, he invited her to dance and tried his hand at a little subtle flattery. They manoevered delicately down the Hall, like two scorpions locked in mortal combat, but no matter how he tried, he could not get close enough to sting.”
― quote from Legacy
“Every man to the Devil his own way—as”
― quote from Legacy
“Like a beleaguered castle her mind was husbanding its resources, boarding every window, locking every door, shutting down unnecessary functions.”
― quote from Legacy
“I hate beds,” she said slowly. “They stand there night after night waiting for you to die in them. It’s like lying in a tomb.”
― quote from Legacy
“I tell you this, madam, no man at court will be able to fart soon without asking Cecil first.”
― quote from Legacy
“I am and not: I freeze and yet am burned, Since from myself, my other self I turned.”
― quote from Legacy
“A woman who could look death squarely in the face and smile was beyond the plane of physical ruin.”
― quote from Legacy
“is a poor substitute for food to a child with an empty belly.”
― quote from Legacy
“The ruling of men was a dirty business—”
― quote from Legacy
“Suspicion, like bread, rises rapidly in a warm environment.”
― quote from Legacy
“When lovers play for kingdoms desire is not enough.”
― quote from Legacy
“It is myself I have never met, whose face is pasted on the underside of my mind”
― Sarah Kane, quote from 4.48 Psychosis
“DEE DEE RAMONE: Sid Vicious followed me all over the place...the worst time was one night when we had a big party...They were serving beer and wine, and everybody was bombed. The whole bathroom was filled with puke -- in the sink, in the toilets, on the floor. It was really disgusting...All of a sudden I had a huge amount of speed in my hand. I started sniffing it like crazy. I was so high. And then I saw Sid and he said, 'Do you have anything to get high?' I said, 'Yeah, I got some speed'. So Sid pulled out a set of works and put a whole bunch of speed in the syringe and then stuck the needle in the toilet with all the puke and piss in there and loaded it. He didn't cook it up. He just shook it, stuck it in his arm, and got off. I just looked at him. I'd seen it all by then. He just looked at me kind of dazed and said, 'Man, where did you get this stuff?'.”
― Legs McNeil, quote from Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
“His view of the world is one that keeps his blood pressure low, sweeping the cholesterol from his relaxed, freeway-sized arteries. Everyone knows he is going to live till age ninety, although the question that goes begging is, “for what?”
― Steve Martin, quote from Shopgirl
“But you just watch, little girl. I'm goin' to show 'em. In five years they'll come crawlin' to me on their bellies. I don't know what it is, but I got a kind of feel for the big money.”
― John Dos Passos, quote from The Big Money
“The drive home was excruciating; Fuld sat in the backseat feeling paralyzed. Gone was the bluster, the gusto, the fight. He was still angry, but really, he was just sad. For once, it was completely quiet except for the hum of the engine and the tires rolling down the highway.”
― Andrew Ross Sorkin, quote from Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves
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