Red Queen Series Quotes & Sayings

They were taught about democracy in London, not about tyranny in Cairo. — Ken Follett

I get approached to do shows all the time. There's a lot of money in sitcoms, but I've never been the kind of guy who wanted to do one. I don't think people want to see me saying "Honey, I'm home." It's just not my thing. — Chris Rock

In our charade with ourselves we pretend that our war is not really war. We have changed the name of the War Department to the Defense Department and call a whole class of nuclear missiles Peace Keepers! — Jack Kornfield

Silence! I am learning to know the silence of a Tahitian night. — Paul Gauguin

The first step to thinking clearly is to question what we think we know about the past. — Peter Thiel

Words can bring you only up to their own limit; to go beyond, you must abandon them. Remain as the silent witness only. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Will eventually grow up and get a real job. Until then, will keep making things up and writing them down. — Neil Gaiman

But she found herself drawn to Ivy because he wasn't like her at all, wasn't like anyone, really. Most people were different because they wanted to be noticed. ivy was different because he couldn't be anyone else — Pamela Todd

It's like these songs are your babies and you don't want anybody to think your babies are ugly! You never really know until you throw it out there if it's gonna take. — Hillary Scott

I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin. — Victoria Aveyard

To other countries, I may go as a tourist, but to India, I come as a pilgrim. — Martin Luther King Jr.

The meaning of words has become so blurred by past usage that 'abstract' is identified with 'vague' and 'unreal,' and 'inwardness' with a sort of traditional beatitude ... The conception of the word 'plastic' has also been limited by individual interpretations. — Piet Mondrian

I grew up with Frank Sinatra and it has taken me a long time to get to a place where I really enjoy [U2's] music. — Ali Hewson

Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it. — Joe Clark

Religious organisations have an automatic tax-free charitable status. — Richard Dawkins

Objective painting is not good painting unless it is good in the abstract sense. A hill or tree cannot make a good painting just because it is a hill or tree. It is lines and colors put together so that they may say something. — Georgia O'Keeffe