Being An Empress Quotes & Sayings

I go to put my arm around you and you give me a look like I'm way out of bounds. — Bruce Springsteen

Charlotte couldn't allow herself to dwell on how it felt to hold Eddie's hand - as if all that mattered in the world were expressed in that touch; as if she would be safe and happy forever because this wonderful man wanted to be beside her; as if doves had come to nestle and coo beseechingly in her bosom. No, she really couldn't allow herself to dwell on that, especially if doves were involved. Doves crossed the line. As they often do. — Shannon Hale

When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it was more than a simple photo op. Though the scene was clearly staged, it symbolized a crucial moment in American history. — Alan Huffman

But when you're concerned that the miserable, boring wasteland in front of you might stretch all the way into forever, not knowing feels strangely hope-like. — Allie Brosh

That wasn't so bad. She said, dabbing at her mouth with a napkin. What was it?
That was a Rocky Mountain oyster, also know as a Montana tendergroin.
No. I just ate bull's balls?
Only one, but yes, you just tore up a tasty testicle. Congratulations! — Kevin Hearne

Cinder, I believe you would make a great ruler. I believe this decision is proof of that." He hesitated. "But I also know you never wanted to be queen. Not really." Cinder had never told him that, and she wondered if it had been obvious this whole time. "But I have to ask if" - Kai hesitated - "if you think, someday, you might consider being an empress." Cinder — Marissa Meyer

Anger is neither legitimate nor illegitimate, meaningful nor pointless. Anger simply is. To ask, "Is my anger legitimate?" is similar to asking, "Do I have the right to be thirsty? After all, I just had a glass of water fifteen minutes ago. Surely my thirst is not legitimate. And besides, what's the point of getting thirsty when I can't get anything to drink now, anyway?" Anger is something we feel. It exists for a reason and always deserves our respect and attention. We all have a right to everything we feel
and certainly our anger is no exception. — Harriet Lerner

I came home from work one day and felt compelled to write a book about free will. — James Tagg

Now let us sport us while we may; And now, like amorous birds of prey, Rather at once our time devour, Than languish in his slow-chapped power. — Andrew Marvell

Images of being empress next to Mehmed haunted her when she closed her eyes. It was the worst part of everything, knowing that, on some level, she wanted that much power, even at that cost. — Kiersten White

I'm not interested in being a wife. I'm interested in being an empress. — Fran Lebowitz

Once embarked on a course of sensationalism, the composer is forced into a descending spiral spin from which only the most experienced pilot can flatten out in time. — Constant Lambert

A teacher's major contribution may pop out anonymuosly in the life of some ex-student's grandchild. — Wendell Berry

When you get a checking account, you should have a savings account, and the number for the savings account should be one off of your checking account. — Dan Ariely

They had stood against all adversity to be together, and now they would forge their own path to love. She would be Kai's wife. She would be the Commonwealth's empress. And she had every intention of being blissfully happy for ever, ever after. — Marissa Meyer

Doing good to others is not a duty. It is a joy, for it increases your own health and happiness. — Zoroaster

Wasn't this the way it was for most people? The time they lived in was an open invitation to a cocktail of self-denial and self-glorification. And if you didn't like the situation you were stuck in, there was always the option of running away from yourself; running away from opinions, from your marriage, from old values, from trends that had otherwise meant so much yesterday. The problem was just that out there, among all the new, you found nothing of what you were looking for deep down inside, because tomorrow it would all be meaningless again. It had become an eternal and fruitless hunt for your own shadow, and the was pitiful. — Jussi Adler-Olsen

If I am an empress, he is the only man worthy of being my emperor. — Sarah MacLean