Romanovs Quote by Barbara Tuchman

“Wilhelm was bombastic, overbearing, and contemptuous of what he perceived as softness in others. He described Czar Nicholas as “fit only to live in…

— Joseph E. Persico

“Peter, who broke his enemies on the rack and hanged them in Red Square, who had his son tortured to death, is Peter the…

— Robert K. Massie

“Lady Sarah gazes at Henry’s shiny shoes, her face heartbroken. “Do you ever think . . . that perhaps you should be with—” “Do…

— Emma Chase

“An empress does not concern herself with the antics of fools”

— Gabrielle Union

“Probably we’d have been better off born in nineteenth-century Russia. I’d have been Prince So-and-so and you Count Such-and-such. We’d go hunting together, fight,…

— Haruki Murakami

“He was such an enigma, really - fierce and strong and weak and cruel. An incomparable friend and a son of a bitch. In…

— Paula McLain

“It was the same Dimitri from long ago, the fierce one who was willing to risk his life for what was right. I almost…

— Richelle Mead

“Ivan felt an intense hatred for him before he had thought about him at all. Suddenly he realised his presence and felt an irresistible…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“I started my career early.” At my raised brows, he said, “Assassin. My deadly gift made me well suited for the job. A single…

— Kresley Cole

“Only fools fight fairly. All men have their strengths and their weaknesses. You must pit your strengths against your enemies' weaknesses, always.”

— Jonathan Moeller

“Once upon a time, I had two close friends. Shocking, I know, given my natural charm, but there are those who just don't appreciate…

— Julie Kagawa

“Peter had even named it once, when he said that he could always see what other people hated most about themselves, and bully them,…

— Orson Scott Card