Crooked Kingdom Quotes Novels & Stories

"You speak sweetly, Xaro, but under your words I hear another no." "This Iron Throne you speak of sounds monstrous cold and hard. I cannot bear the thought of jagged barbs cutting your sweet skin." The jewels in Xaro's nose gave him the aspect of some strange glittery bird. His long, elegant fingers waved dismissal. "Let this be your kingdom, most exquisite of queens, and let me be your king. I will give you a throne of gold, if you like. When Qarth begins to pall, we can journey round Yi Ti and search for the dreaming city of the poets, to sip the wine of wisdom from a dead man's skull."

No one fights by begging. Or what do you think? A part of me whispered.. Sometimes z we must stoop to conquer.. Keep pleading and you just might be the first to touch some soft spot in his hardhearted nature. How hilarious! I chuckled. The King, show mercy? No way. 'Stop being a coward, Latifah'. I thought. How? I immediately remembered my father at one time, quoting the famous words of Julius Caesar, that… Cowards die many times before their death. But the villains never taste of death but once.

We were not expected to show anything more than simple respect to royalty, but we bowed to no one in order to protect all. "If you think for a single second that you're going to get me to agree to a marriage contract, then you're dead wrong." The king grinned, but this time it was his son who looked me over with a leering gaze. "Oh, no, you misunderstood me, girl. I wouldn't marry someone with fire like yours off to one of my advisors, when you would make a far better concubine to the throne instead." That comment had my stomach turning. "That fiery little spirit of yours would make for some spirited children. Although, on second thought, you are quite small. I'm not sure that you would actu

'how can one person be that cruel' " I mean exactly that my queen, do you know the reason they have only wealthy and middle class people in their kingdom? it’s because they sell those with nothing to defend themself with to human traffickers that come from the northern African countries. They pay millions for those people and when they sell virgins, they make 5 million a girl. That bloody king wants me to do the same to my people since he is running out of his own stock now since his treating them like cattle." the queen was frozen in place ' what is that man? God or a god, why would he treat his people like that' the queen wanted to say but she knew it will only add onto the king's anger. "