...alone is such a nebulous state when one is queen.
“I won't lie to you. There is always a cost. All I can gurantee is that it will be the right thing.""It's insane," he says, but without vehemence."It's faith," I say.”
“Later, when we've found this mysterious ship of Hector's and are safely away, when I have time to rest and worry and a quiet corner to hide in, I will coldly remember that being a queen means being...”
“His gaze drops to my lips. "I shouldn't do this--""You really should." And I close the distance between us.”
“Years ago women of my size were considered royalty.”
“The king reigns but does not govern.”
“That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.”
“Though there had yet to be a victor in this great war that had begun almost three years ago, Maurice had written to her that they had, all of them, on all sides, lost their freedom. Freedom to thin...”
“Then I thought, boy, isn't that just typical? You wait and wait and wait for something, and then when it happens, you feel sad.”
“I'm living under water. Everything seems slow and far away. I know there's a world up there, a sunlit quick world where time runs like dry sand through an hourglass, but down here, where I am, air ...”
“Menulis kembali kenangan masa lalu butuh sebuah keberanian.”
“There's too much coldness in the world," I told her. "If people would only talk things out together it would help.”
“ignorance and power, theyre a poor combination.”