--- title: "26 Empress Quotes by 23 authors" description: "Browse 26 Empress quotes by 23 authors. Discover the best Empress sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/902/robert-silverberg-14952_empress_i-m-not-ready-to-fuck-an-empress-just-ye_102844.jpg" --- > [“I'm not ready to fuck an empress just yet”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-silverberg/i-m-not-ready-to-fuck-an-empress-just-yet/) [Robert Silverberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-silverberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/902/robert-silverberg-14952_empress_i-m-not-ready-to-fuck-an-empress-just-ye_102844.jpg) > [“write to express not to empress ♥”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mina-qarabaghi/write-to-express-not-to-empress/) Mina Qarabaghi [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/080/mina-qarabaghi-76093_writing_write-to-express-not-to-empress-1034305_1034305.jpg) > [“An empress does not concern herself with the antics of fools”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-union/an-empress-does-not-concern-herself-with-the-antics-of-fools/) [Gabrielle Union](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-union/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a65/gabrielle-union-7459_antics_an-empress-does-not-concern-herself-with_3176099.png) > [If I am an empress, he is the only man worthy of being my emperor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-maclean/if-i-am-an-empress-he-is-the-only-man-worthy-of-being-my-emperor/) [Sarah MacLean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-maclean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/030/sarah-maclean-1164_emperor_if-i-am-an-empress-he-is-the-only-man-wo_1540946.png) > [“If a tree is bent, every goat will jump on it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-stachniak/if-a-tree-is-bent-every-goat-will-jump-on-it/) [Eva Stachniak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-stachniak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/eva-stachniak-41228_empress_if-a-tree-is-bent-every-goat-will-jump-o_2290249.jpg) > [“The Empress doesn’t get collared, or caged, or tortured.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kresley-cole/the-empress-doesn-t-get-collared-or-caged-or-tortured/) [Kresley Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kresley-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d2/kresley-cole-334_caged_the-empress-doesn-t-get-collared-or-cage_3213853.jpg) > [“I am a lady-in-waiting, and she is the princess. No, the empress. The empress of the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-ryan/i-am-a-lady-in-waiting-and-she-is-the-princess-no-the-empress-the/) [Sara Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-ryan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/sara-ryan-44560_empress_i-am-a-lady-in-waiting-and-she-is-the-pr_27705.jpg) > [“The Empress doesn't get collared, or caged, or tortured. How artfully she beckons, how perfectly she punishes…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kresley-cole/the-empress-doesn-t-get-collared-or-caged-or-tortured-how-artfully/) [Kresley Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kresley-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/767/kresley-cole-334_caged_the-empress-doesn-t-get-collared-or-cage_427653.jpg) > [The Empress has been connected with the ideas of universal fecundity and in a general sense with activity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-waite/the-empress-has-been-connected-with-the-ideas-of-universal-fecundity/) [A. E. Waite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-waite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/a-e-waite-35445_activity_the-empress-has-been-connected-with-the_1098663.png) > [I'm an empress. I wear an apron. My typewriter writes. It didn't break the way it warned. Even crazy, I'm as nice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-sexton/i-m-an-empress-i-wear-an-apron-my-typewriter-writes-it-didn-t-break/) [Anne Sexton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-sexton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/anne-sexton-645_aprons_i-m-an-empress-i-wear-an-apron-my-typewr_2383704.png) > [I'm not interested in being a wife. I'm interested in being an empress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/i-m-not-interested-in-being-a-wife-i-m-interested-in-being-an-empress/) [Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-lebowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bd/fran-lebowitz-690_empress_i-m-not-interested-in-being-a-wife-i-m-i_2641800.png) > [“The Empress acknowledges our nurturing side, the need for tact and careful consideration about the consequences of our attitudes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-parnell/the-empress-acknowledges-our-nurturing-side-the-need-for-tact-and/) [Rob Parnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-parnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/rob-parnell-18921_quote_the-empress-acknowledges-our-nurturing-s_1529249.jpg) > [Behold the grapes and all the fruits that Autumn gives today, As robed in red and gold, she rules, the Empress of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-abbey/behold-the-grapes-and-all-the-fruits-that-autumn-gives-today-as-robed/) [Henry Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-abbey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66d/henry-abbey-38148_autumn_behold-the-grapes-and-all-the-fruits-tha_3130926.jpg) > [“I want to mean something to a great deal of people. I am tired of being no one. As Empress, I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-c-dao/i-want-to-mean-something-to-a-great-deal-of-people-i-am-tired-of/) [Julie C. Dao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-c-dao/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f5/julie-c-dao-34240_empress_i-want-to-mean-something-to-a-great-deal_753185.jpg) > [“Images of being empress next to Mehmed haunted her when she closed her eyes. It was the worst part of everything, knowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiersten-white/images-of-being-empress-next-to-mehmed-haunted-her-when-she-closed/) [Kiersten White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiersten-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/kiersten-white-398_closed-eyes_images-of-being-empress-next-to-mehmed-h_1095030.jpg) > [Diana Vreeland was "the Empress," the avatar of the age. An old name or old money were not enough to get you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-colacello/diana-vreeland-was-the-empress-the-avatar-of-the-age-an-old-name-or/) [Bob Colacello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-colacello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/142/bob-colacello-23284_age_diana-vreeland-was-the-empress-the-avata_2055529.jpg) > [“By almost every account he's a fine young man. I'm simply trying to figure out why I should care that he's three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-burnham-schwartz/by-almost-every-account-he-s-a-fine-young-man-i-m-simply-trying-to/) [John Burnham Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-burnham-schwartz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35b/john-burnham-schwartz-22392_empress_by-almost-every-account-he-s-a-fine-youn_2956715.jpg) > [“Remember, you are an empress. Behave as one, and they will have no choice but to see you as such. I already…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-maclean/remember-you-are-an-empress-behave-as-one-and-they-will-have-no/) [Sarah MacLean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-maclean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e1/sarah-maclean-1164_empress_remember-you-are-an-empress-behave-as-on_2189735.png) > [For I love the empress of my soul. I love and I cannot but love. You yourself see the whole of me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/for-i-love-the-empress-of-my-soul-i-love-and-i-cannot-but-love-you/) [Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e1/fyodor-dostoevsky-342_empress_for-i-love-the-empress-of-my-soul-i-love_1149081.jpg) > [“the Empress said, her own breath coming in gasps, lips against her daughter’s cold forehead and soft hair—her hair at least was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/the-empress-said-her-own-breath-coming-in-gasps-lips-against-her/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bea/vera-nazarian-1671_children_the-empress-said-her-own-breath-coming-i_690988.png) > [“Once upon a time there was an empress, trapped as a ghost in the ruins of a jewelled palace, cursed to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-logan/once-upon-a-time-there-was-an-empress-trapped-as-a-ghost-in-the-ruins/) [Kirsty Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-logan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/kirsty-logan-29921_empress_once-upon-a-time-there-was-an-empress-tr_1476972.jpg) > [“She felt like a child clad in the armour of an adult. She was perplexed at the respect she received from other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerold-j-kreisman/she-felt-like-a-child-clad-in-the-armour-of-an-adult-she-was/) Jerold J. Kreisman [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/jerold-j-kreisman-71975_children_she-felt-like-a-child-clad-in-the-armour_1889244.jpg) > [“THE EMPRESS LO was not beautiful but she was ambitious and, sometimes, ambition can take you further than beauty. The women of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-barrett/the-empress-lo-was-not-beautiful-but-she-was-ambitious-and-sometimes/) [Hope Barrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-barrett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffb/hope-barrett-52200_ambition_the-empress-lo-was-not-beautiful-but-she_1470707.jpg) > [“I want to be Empress.” “Oh, Theodora, don’t be insane.” Antonina took her friend’s hands. “Do you really think a circus clown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-strickland/i-want-to-be-empress-oh-theodora-don-t-be-insane-antonina-took-her/) Carol Strickland [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/carol-strickland-86063_betrayal_i-want-to-be-empress-oh-theodora-don-t-b_2636539.jpg) > [“Matthew, we need your help. What do we do?” “Look at my new kicks.” He raised one boot. “Finn said I’m ballin’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kresley-cole/matthew-we-need-your-help-what-do-we-do-look-at-my-new-kicks-he/) [Kresley Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kresley-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/kresley-cole-334_good-thing_matthew-we-need-your-help-what-do-we-do_656321.jpg) > [Great calm, generous detachment, selfless love, disinterested effort: these are what make for success in life. If you can find peace in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rabindranath-tagore/great-calm-generous-detachment-selfless-love-disinterested-effort/) [Rabindranath Tagore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rabindranath-tagore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b8/rabindranath-tagore-383_calm_great-calm-generous-detachment-selfless_979780.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/empress/#itemlist", "name": "Empress Quotes", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I'm not ready to fuck an empress just yet”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Silverberg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-silverberg/i-m-not-ready-to-fuck-an-empress-just-yet/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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