"The army slew a thousand and showed little pity The king ordered fealty from the conquered city The prince charmed its people with words wise and witty And the queen sat on a couch, looking very pretty"

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Shannon Hale

#Wise Quotes #Witty Quotes #Kings Quotes

“I was blessed to grow up in really interesting times and to go back to a home where I was very safe.”
“Contentment empties the heart of all superfluous carriage, thus leaving it entirely for Allah.”
“Since the advent of Benny Goodman, there have been too few clarinetists to fill the void that Goodman left. Ken Peplowski is most certainly one of those few. The man is magic.”
“It's not what the vision is, it's what the vision does.”
“I've never cared for guns. In fact, when I did 'Scent of a Woman' I had to learn how to assemble one.”
“Katsa hugged her for a long time, and Bitterblue understood that this was always how it would be. Katsa would come and then Katsa would go. But the hug was real, and lasting, even though it would end. The coming was as real as the going, and the coming would always be a promise. It would have to be good enough.”
“In society it is etiquette for ladies to have the best chairs and get handed things. In the home the reverse is the case. This is why ladies are more sociable than gentlemen.”
“I won't call myself a failure. Failure is not getting knocked down. It's not getting up.”

Source : "NFL and abuse: It's not just Ray Rice" By Mel Robbins, www.cnn.com. September 16, 2014.

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