--- title: "9 High King Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 9 High King quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best High King sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/lloyd-alexander-1645_assistants_and-thus-did-an-assistant-pig-keeper-bec_1077436.png" --- > [And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/and-thus-did-an-assistant-pig-keeper-become-high-king-of-prydain/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/lloyd-alexander-1645_assistants_and-thus-did-an-assistant-pig-keeper-bec_1077436.png) > [Those two are carved from the same tree." the queen said. By the same blade." The high king answered and offered her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-hanley/those-two-are-carved-from-the-same-tree-the-queen-said-by-the-same/) [Victoria Hanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-hanley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/343/victoria-hanley-38951_arms_those-two-are-carved-from-the-same-tree_1278527.jpg) > [“No doubt the High King of Highhandedness was behind my extreme home makeover. He was the only man I knew ballsy enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-bonilla/no-doubt-the-high-king-of-highhandedness-was-behind-my-extreme-home/) [Amanda Bonilla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-bonilla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/amanda-bonilla-33396_asking-permission_no-doubt-the-high-king-of-highhandedness_1731196.jpg) > [“The High King makes a nonchalant gesture. 'Jude likes to suppose the worst of both her enemies and her allies. Her reward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/the-high-king-makes-a-nonchalant-gesture-jude-likes-to-suppose-the/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/holly-black-329_being-wrong_the-high-king-makes-a-nonchalant-gesture_1889011.jpg) > [“Then the high king carefully turned the golden screw. Once: Nothing. Twice: Nothing. Then he turned it the third time, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/then-the-high-king-carefully-turned-the-golden-screw-once-nothing/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/patrick-rothfuss-145_ass_then-the-high-king-carefully-turned-the_1923211.jpg) > [“When the High King was killed - first poisoned, several times, then shot with pistols, then his head cut off, then burned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-dixon/when-the-high-king-was-killed-first-poisoned-several-times-then-shot/) [Heather Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-dixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae0/heather-dixon-8872_killed_when-the-high-king-was-killed-first-pois_445307.jpg) > [“We show her that I am no feckless High king.' 'And how do we do that?' I ask. 'With great difficulty,' he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/we-show-her-that-i-am-no-feckless-high-king-and-how-do-we-do-that-i/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/holly-black-329_cardan_we-show-her-that-i-am-no-feckless-high-k_1595327.png) > [“There was precious little nobility in the features of the High King's fleshy face. Like his body, his face was broad and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bova/there-was-precious-little-nobility-in-the-features-of-the-high-king-s/) [Ben Bova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bova/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce2/ben-bova-26822_agamemnon_there-was-precious-little-nobility-in-th_2117327.jpg) > [“Once upon a time,” I began. “There was a little boy born in a little town. He was perfect, or so his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/once-upon-a-time-i-began-there-was-a-little-boy-born-in-a-little-town/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/patrick-rothfuss-145_heads-or-tails_once-upon-a-time-i-began-there-was-a-lit_208147.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/high-king/#itemlist", "name": "High King Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lloyd Alexander" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/and-thus-did-an-assistant-pig-keeper-become-high-king-of-prydain/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/lloyd-alexander-1645_assistants_and-thus-did-an-assistant-pig-keeper-bec_1077436.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/lloyd-alexander-1645_assistants_and-thus-did-an-assistant-pig-keeper-bec_1077436.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/lloyd-alexander-1645_assistants_and-thus-did-an-assistant-pig-keeper-bec_1077436.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain.” — Lloyd Alexander", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Those two are carved from the same tree.\" the queen said. 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Finally, when he was old enough, he packed a bag and set out, hoping he could find someone who knew the truth of it. “He went from place to place, asking everyone who claimed to know something about anything. He asked midwives and physickers, but they couldn’t make heads or tails of it. The boy asked arcanists, tinkers, and old hermits living in the woods, but no one had ever seen anything like it. “He went to ask the Cealdim merchants, thinking if anyone would know about gold, it would be them. But the Cealdim merchants didn’t know. He went to the arcanists at the University, thinking if anyone would know about screws and their workings, they would. But the arcanists didn’t know. The boy followed the road over the Stormwal to ask the witch women of the Tahl, but none of them could give him an answer. “Eventually he went to the King of Vint, the richest king in the world. But the king didn’t know. He went to the Emperor of Atur, but even with all his power, the emperor didn’t know. He went to each of the small kingdoms, one by one, but no one could tell him anything. “Finally the boy went to the High King of Modeg, the wisest of all the kings in the world. The high king looked closely at the head of the golden screw peeping from the boy’s belly button. Then the high king made a gesture, and his seneschal brought out a pillow of golden silk. On that pillow was a golden box. The high king took a golden key from around his neck, opened the box, and inside was a golden screwdriver. “The high king took the screwdriver and motioned the boy to come closer. Trembling with excitement, the boy did. Then the high king took the golden screwdriver and put it in the boy’s belly button.” I paused to take a long drink of water. I could feel my small audience leaning toward me. “Then the high king carefully turned the golden screw. Once: Nothing. Twice: Nothing. 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