Quote by Anna Campbell

“She was what an aristocrat should be, porcelain and silk, unreachable, gracious, untainted by the dust of all this common death.”

— Tanith Lee

“Her palace shimered with onyx, garnet, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue.”

— Stacy Schiff

“...Madame, I have become a whore through good-will and libertine through virtue.”

— The Marquis de Sade

“The hearts of the noble are the graves of confidences.”

— Idries Shah

“The Lady Rycca of Wolscroft and you would be well advised to take your eyes from her. She is betrothed to a Norse lord…

— Josie Litton

“I am becoming a tyrant, threatening in place of convincing. Unstable instead of steadying. I am suited to the shadows, to the art of…

— Holly Black

“(...) the historian whose pen traces these words - trusting that HE KNOWS HIS PLACE, and that he entertains a becoming recerence for those…

— Charles Dickens

“You picked the lock.” The king was staring at her again. “Yes, Your Majesty.” He suddenly burst out laughing, then nodded. He leaned forward,…

— Melanie Dickerson

“Politics is the moat, the walls, beyond which lie the barbarians. Fail to keep them at bay, and everything burns.”

— Charles Krauthammer

“Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish, her election Hath seal’d thee for herself; for thou hast…

— William Shakespeare

“The besom of reform hath swept him out of office, and a worthier successor wears his dignity and pockets his emoluments.”

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“His gray eyes turned flinty. “I do not recognize your right to rule; I do not recognize you as the rightful Queen of Terrasen.…

— Sarah J. Maas