#queen

A little politeness might smooth the way ahead. Knowing it was his turn to be dispatched, the best he could hope for was as swift a death as the one Massetti had so thanklessly received. ↗

— Victoria Lamb

#death #goodluck #the-queen-s-secret #thriller #death

Because." He leaned forward, his hand slipping up her back to unerringly trace the scar tissue of the design burned there, now concealed under the robe. "Someone drew you wings a long time ago and you've been trying to decide whether to fly away ever since." <…> "And because when I look at you, I think you're a gift from God. ↗

— Joey W. Hill

#marguerite #tyler #design

Diet Coke does not contain nasty chemicals. It contains lovely and delicious carbonation, caffeine, and aspartame. What's unnatural about that? ↗

— Meg Cabot

#meg-cabot #queen-of-babble #diet

You said there was nothing in the world you wanted" The Queen's eyes glittered. "When you imagine your life without him, do you still feel the same? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#seelie-queen #imagination

I cleared my throat and spoke into his kiss. “Sorry, it’s been a while.” “You should expect to hear the same thing from me in about five minutes,” he murmured. “Five minutes, huh?” “I’ll make it the best five minutes of your life.” I bit his lip, hard, then released him and looked into those intense blues. “Clock’s ticking. ↗

— Karina Halle

#ellie-watt #romance #life

For most of my life i have been adored by fools and hated by people of good sense, and they all make up stories about me in which I am either a saint or a whore. But I am above these judgments, I am a Queen. ↗

— Philippa Gregory

#life

I'm not afraid of you. I'm not afraid of anything." "Yes, you are, on both counts. You're afraid of everything. In England there are castles with stone walls that go up over a hundred feet, built during a time when it was the strength of your fortress that won battles. Each time I look at you, I marvel at the feat of organic engineering that's allowed you to create such a fortification within a perfect composition of female flesh. ↗

— Joey W. Hill

#marguerite #tyler #nature

My soul has painted like the wings of butterflies, Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die, I can fly, my friends... ↗

— Freddie Mercury

#mercury #queen #painting

I spent 20 years of my life building up Queen, and now I'm spending years of my life trying to get away from it. ↗

— Brian May

#building #get #i #life #my life

In '75, the year both A Chorus Line and Chicago hit Broadway, my head spun around and I became the ultimate theater queen for life. ↗

— Michael Musto

#became #both #broadway #chicago #chorus