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“Those who don’t play chess think the king is the strongest piece because the game ends when he dies, but they don’t stop to think that if the queen dies first, the king doesn’t have a chance to survive.”
― Rina Kent, Cruel King

“I'm sorry I was less than you deserve, Tex, but I'm afraid I can't let you walk away from this. You see, it's too good, too rare to give up. I said in the cafeteria you weren't my girlfriend, and you weren't." I paused, watching her face twist with shock again. "You were my everything. Still are, baby. You wanted me to make you feel beautiful, but there's no one half as pretty as you are in the whole goddamn world. Please ..." My voice broke, and I bent the knee, like I'd always planned to.

"Don't break my heart so soon after putting it back together."

The air was thick in the auditorium as everyone held their breath. I was pretty sure for every second that ticked without her reaction, I lost an entire year of my life. Silver lining: a full minute of that, and I'd drop dead and wouldn't have to witness my own, very open disgrace.

Finally, Grace found her voice. "On your feet, St. Claire," she whispered under her breath. "A king doesn't bow to others."

I got up and scooped her up, giving people something to look at and talk about for years in this godforsaken town, pressing a dirty kiss to her lips and almost breaking her jaw in the process.

"He does for his queen.”
― L.J. Shen, Playing with Fire

“Wasn't speaking the truth supposed to be freeing? Some kind of tonic for the soul? In Nikolai's experience, honesty was much like herbal tea-something well meaning people recommended when they were out of better options.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“Go home and tell them what you’ve seen, Nikolai thought as the demon soared through the night. Make them believe you. Tell them the demon king rules Ravka now and vengeance is coming.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“He wanted to call her back. He wanted to follow her through the snow. But his country didn’t need a heartsick boy chasing after a lonely girl. It needed a king.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“That is the part of being king. Of being queen. Making choices that will hurt some but save others. And often not knowing until it is too late who will be hurt and who will be saved. I am sorry you have to share it, but I am glad to have the company.”
― Kiersten White, The Camelot Betrayal

“All things are possible at the castle.”
― Alyssa Moon, Delphine and the Silver Needle

“The real king of the jungle is not the lion, the real king of the jungle is the jungle itself! Being a king is not just about having power! To be a true king means to offer equal beauty and opportunities to all, to protect the subjects with love, just like a forest!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Jon was still not certain how he felt about it. Robb a king? The brother he’d played with, fought with, shared his first cup of wine with? But not mother’s milk, no. So now Robb will sip summerwine from jeweled goblets, while I’m kneeling beside some stream sucking snowmelt from cupped hands.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

“The one thing I'll be: Me - whatever that might mean; and even if nothing, in that I'll still be king.”
― Criss Jami

“IT IS SAID that the first king of Aloriya was born with the fire in his blood.”
― Ashley Poston, Among the Beasts & Briars

“Catelyn could only watch him go. Her son and now her king. How queer that felt. Command, she had told him back in Moat Cailin. And so he did.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

“Kann ich Armeen aus der Erde stampfen?
Wächst mir ein Kornfeld in der flachen Hand?
Reißt mich in Stücken, reißt das Herz mir aus,
Und münzet es statt Goldes! Blut hab' ich
Für euch, nicht Silber hab' ich, noch Soldaten!”
― Friedrich Schiller, Die Jungfrau von Orleans

“You can't expect to be treated like a king and act like the village idiot.”
― Dennis Adonis III

“Who built the seven gates of Thebes?
The books are filled with names of kings.
Was it the kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone?
And Babylon, so many times destroyed.
Who built the city up each time? In which of Lima’s houses,
That city glittering with gold, lived those who built it?
In the evening when the Chinese wall was finished
Where did the masons go? Imperial Rome
Is full of arcs of triumph. Who reared them up? Over whom
Did the Caesars triumph? Byzantium lives in song.
Were all her dwellings palaces? And even in Atlantis of the legend
The night the seas rushed in,
The drowning men still bellowed for their slaves.

Young Alexander conquered India.
He alone?
Caesar beat the Gauls.
Was there not even a cook in his army?
Phillip of Spain wept as his fleet
was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears?
Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War.
Who triumphed with him?

Each page a victory
At whose expense the victory ball?
Every ten years a great man,
Who paid the piper?

So many particulars.
So many questions.”
― Bertolt Brecht

“The people came to Samuel and said: Place a King over us, to guide us.
And Samuel said to them: This is what a King will do if he reigns over you: he’ll take your sons and make them run with his chariots and horses. He’ll dispose them however he wants: he’ll make them commanders of thousands or captains of fifties, he’ll send them to plough, to reap, to forge his weapons and his chariots. He’ll take your daughters to make perfume for him, or cook his food or do his baking. He’ll take your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves � oh, he’ll take the very best of those and give them to his cronies. He’ll take much more. A tenth of your grain and your wine � those will go to his favourite aristocrats and faithful servants. Your manservants and your maidservants, your best men, your donkeys � yes, he’ll take those for his own use. He’ll take one tenth of your flocks “and you yourselves will become his slaves. On that day, believe me, you will cry out for relief from this King, the King you asked for, but the Lord will not answer you on that day.
But the people would not listen to Samuel. They said: No. Give us a King over us. So that we can be like all the other nations. Give us a King to guide us and lead us into battle.
When Samuel heard what the people said, he told it to the Lord.
The Lord answered, Give them a King.”
― 1 Samuel 8

“The newspaper was always behind the news, not in front. You shouldn't ever go to the papers for information. They usually printed what they thought people wanted to see, and they had no explanation to give. It wasn't the king they saw. That wasn't the king at all. It was the king's shadow.”
― George Lamming, In the Castle of My Skin

“Fate is our master," I thought. "Yesterday a king, and today a tumbler's man. I hope my father never hears of it.”
― Mary Renault, The King Must Die

“Sometimes, men too, deserve to be spoiled, told they are handsome,
Told their efforts are appreciated and should also be made secure,
If he treats you like a Queen, treat him like a King”
― Dido Stargaze

“A king, in order to preserve his glory, will never allow himself to be outgiven or outdone by anyone.”
― Sebastien Richard, Kingdom Fundamentals: What the Kingdom of God Means and What it Means for You | A Thorough and Biblical Exposition of the Kingdom of Heaven as Preached by Jesus

“That’s because the true power of magic is not to send random objects careening off across the room. The true power of magic is to make ordinary people bow.”
― Amaya Ash, Hiss

“For a moment I did not even see the king, I saw only the two of us, bound to be each other’s grief”
― Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl

“Looking from one bright delighted face to another I thought for one illuminating moment what fools we were to make this one man’s temper the very centre of our lives”
― Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl

“Peace is when you trust the king, Joy is when you enjoy the king, Perfection is when you learn the king, Honor is when you obey the king, Jesus is the ing.”
― Sterry Ks

“King,â€� croaked the raven. The bird flapped across the solar to land on Mormont’s shoulder. “King,â€� it said again, strutting back and forth.

“He likes that word,� Jon said, smiling.

“An easy word to say. An easy word to like.�

“King,� the bird said again.

“I think he means for you to have a crown, my lord.�

“The realm has three kings already, and that’s two too many for my liking.� Mormont stroked the raven under the beak with a finger, but all the while his eyes never left Jon Snow.

It made him feel odd.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

“It was a big thing to be a king. It meant that you were getting the feeling that you lived in a big room all by yourself where no one could see you and you were your own man. Free and alone.”
― George Lamming, In the Castle of My Skin

“Every man is a king in his home.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Leadership is shown through difficult and challenging times. If people face hardship or difficult , challenging times and there is no one to lead them. People tend to lead themselves to disaster, because everyone thinks they are right by what they doing and they are only thinking about themselves.”
― De philosopher DJ Kyos

“To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.”
― Tip "T.I." Harris, King

“Like royalty disguised in rags, those who live to serve undertake a higher calling which most folks overlook.”
― Criss Jami