Philippa Gregory Quotes

Viserys sold my mother's crown, and men called him a beggar. I shall keep this one, so men will call me a queen. (Daenerys)

Conditions are ripe for triumph. We will win. And we will wield great power here.

There are two principles by which the world is ruled: the authority of priests and the royal power. The authority of priests is the greater because God will demand an accounting of them even in regard to kings.

I shall either perish or reign.

You need a head of state--with continuity. Sometimes this is more important than political power.

Nature rejects the monarch, not the man; The subject, not the citizen; for kings And subjects, mutual foes, forever play A losing game into each other's hands, Whose stakes are vice and misery. The man Of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.

The word “must” may not be used to princes.

The Republic established by the founders was a fragile experiment in a world bestrode by kings, queens, emperors, czars, dictators, and theories of aristocracy.

It's a primitive thing, kings and queens.

QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.

In this very moment I'm king In this very moment I slayed Goliath with a sling

It is something, I thought, when a king can put a courtesan to the blush.

I am king of the world!

She was Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, Khaleesi and queen, Mother of Dragons, slayer of warlocks, breaker of chains, and there was no one in the world that she could trust.

Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?

Tis so much to be a king, that he only is so by being so.

What identifies an individual as a king is how other people behave towards him. All authority is assumed, and if other people don't accept your authority then you don't have it. Perhaps the critical thing to being a convincing figure of authority is actually not to try too hard.

The greatest slave in a kingdom is generally the king of it.

If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me.

If women had power, what would men be but women who can't bear children? And what would women be but men who can?" "Hah!" went Tenar; and presently, with some cunning, she said, "Haven't there been queens? Weren't they women of power?" "A queen's only a she-king," said Ged. She snorted. "I mean, men give her power. They let her use their power. But it isn't hers, is it? It isn't because she's a woman that she's powerful, but despite it.

If God has fit you to be a missionary, I would not have you shrivel down to be a king.

The Iron Throne is mine by rights. All those who deny that are my foes." "The whole of the realm denies it, brother," said Renley. "Old men deny it with their death rattle, and unborn children deny it in their mothers' wombs. They deny it in Dorne and they deny it on the Wall. No one wants you for their king. Sorry.

What is your future, son of a king?' he heard Torina say. Landen smiled. 'Ask your crystal, daughter of a queen.' She traced his eyebrow with a finger. 'My crystal never tells me what I can see with my own eyes.

Being a king, emperor, or president is mighty small potatoes compared to being a mother.