Kings Quote by David Mitchell

“The musical equivalent of St Pancras Station. (on Elgar)”

— Thomas Beecham

“That night in Cartagena he again requested the songs of his youth, some so old he had to teach them to Iturbide, who was…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“And as I stood there looking in terror, the wind blew out both the candles in that ancient peaked garret, leaving me in savage…

— H. P. Lovecraft

“...he brought music of his own, and awakened every fairy echo with the tender accents of his oboe...”

— Ann Radcliffe

“One voice whispered Beloved . She spread her colors on the starshine to embrace this land he had given her, and there were no…

— Melanie Rawn

“Anchise, all of them trying to teach him a Neapolitan song. It was not only the national hymn of their southern youth, but it…

— André Aciman

“He had laid his head back until his scalp had contacted his spine, that far back, and opened his throat, and a sound rose…

— Denis Johnson

“I leaned back against the headboard and closed my eyes, feeling the inferno flair between us once more. It flickered and pulsed, but my…

— Julie Kagawa

“They played, not beautifully but deep, ignoring their often discordant strings and striking right into the heart of the music they knew best, the…

— Patrick O'Brian

“My soundless feet shall fly among the runners Through the red thunders of a Zeppelin raid, My still voice cheer the Anti-Aircraft gunners, The…

— Stella Benson

“After the bone-grinding cold of the lands beyond the Wall, the caves were blessedly warm, and when the chill crept out of the rock…

— George R.R. Martin

“But when Aragorn arose all that beheld him gazed in silence, for it seemed to them that he was revealed to them now for…

— J.R.R. Tolkien