Politics Quote by Thomas Pynchon

“And all the host laughed and wept, and in the midst of their merriment and tears the clear voice of the minstrel rose like…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“The sound of their voices mingled with the whicker of horses, the clank of steel, and the groaning hinges of the great bronze gates…

— George R.R. Martin

“THE music stopped. The circle broke. Sometimes a slave will be lost in a brief eddy of liberation. In the sway of a sudden…

— Colson Whitehead

“The tents were being let down, the banners waved. The cheers which now began, round after round, were like drumfire or thunder, rolling around…

— T H White

“This is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and counsels of the Great.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

O wicked and evil knights thus shine within the pillars of ivory silk and wine; disgrace O slithering snake of thirsty greed and slaves…

— Johnny Luckett

“Lord, thy children are jaded, and their ears go flat with sound. Marveling in the thunder rumbling of thy voice no longer - they…

— Sylvia Plath

“What passing bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifle's rapid rattle Can patter…

— Wilfred Owen

“The king was silent. "Ents!" he said at length. "Out of the shadows of legend I begin a little to understand the marvel of…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“When princes flee battle, and knights turn free-lance, and barons rob pilgrims, what value has honor?" “Why, all the more, seeing how rare it…

— Michael Flynn

“King Dan sat on his stallion fierce Swords did slice and spears did pierce But in a tree upon the field Perched a small,…

— Shannon Hale

“When the Whispering Mountain shall scream aloud And the castle of Malyn ride on a cloud, Then Malyn's lord shall have and hold The…

— Joan Aiken