Historical Fiction Quotes

... every monarch needs a blow on the head, from time to time.

How many men can say, as I must, 'I am a man whose only friend is the King of England'? I have everything, you would think. And yet take Henry away, and I have nothing.

If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him. But all nature cries aloud that He does exist."(Voltaire)

All good things originate with the Creator God, he'd been taught, and the Song of Life was no exception.

I am a survivor. But I am not unique of the people that survived the great late war. We all have our stories to tell. But for most of us the hardened corners have soften with the passage of time.

It wasn't my choice to write this story...it was my responsibility.

I said to my mother, Henry VII is interesting. No he's not, my mother said.

Cowan son of Branieucc, you're the only one of my people that I know for sure still lives.

Ann Boleyn...a Renaissance Audrey Hepburn in a little black dress.

All that that I learn just teaches me that I know nothing.

There is a little bit of everybody in everybody.

Gentlemen. You are looking at the true Abraham Lincoln of Arabia. And in order to end our internal bickering - our civil war, if you will - I have solicited your aid.

What I was caught up in, I dimly understood, was the embodiment of history

On Christmas morning, Rebecca lost her moral virginity, her sense of humor - and her two best friends. But, other than that, it was a hell of a holiday.

They do not call him the terror of husbands and lovers for no reason...

Megan’s deception is another hook on which I can hang my conscience.

Sometimes, the choices we make have devastating consequences

It seemed the heavens themselves conspired to cover up our crime.

All that I was and the world that was mine are gone forever.

Amy wondered if Bonaparte could declare war on Miss Gwen alone without breaking his peace with England

How easy it is to do wrong when there is someone else to blame.

We may be finished with the past but the past is not finished with us.

Some of the braver say I am mad.

It’s finding out where we came from that helps guide us to where we are going.

Wouldn't you like to be my lord Duke of Exeter? Come on, Dom. Say something.""You have lost your mind.""Say something less insulting.

A prince may be seen happy today and ruined tomorrow without having shown any chance in his character. For the prince who relies entirely on fortune is lost when it changes...

happy is the nation without a history

I have found that those who try to shield us from the truth, regardless of the reason, end up doing the greatest harm. Truth alone sets you free, not lies and omissions.

Great job, you just executed Ben Franklin! - Otto Ray

Positive thoughts (expectations) can change perspective, transform behaviors, and attract good fortune.

They didn’t realize that if you take away the possibility of pain, and suffering, failure…you also take away the possibility of happiness, success, and joy." -The Old Man: DOMINATUS

He could inspire ballads. He could inspire wars.

Please do not mistake me for a twopenny villain. I do nothing without a purpose.

When giving up is not an option, you survive at any cost.

I realize that I can laugh, that it is possible to be happy, that laughter and hope can come back to me.

I'd rather make a good run than a bad stand.

The moment was all we truly had: a succession of moments, a triumphal march of them, to create a life beyond compare.

Once you're labeled as mentally ill, and that's in your medical notes, then anything you say can be discounted as an artifact of your mental illness.

Yessir, some things is sin 'cause God says so. Some things is sin 'cause they hurt other people. And some things is just pure-dee stupid.

I guess I'd rather have a truthful neighbor who says he hates me than a lyin' one who claims he loves me.

Rumors are the children of truth.

Moron, your bus is leaving-from Groundhogs Day Bill Murray

My dear boy, in Ireland the midwife uses one hand to hold the baby's best fighting arm from the font water, and grips its jaws with the other lest the goes to litigation about it. Says O'LiamRoe

Six wives the King's had now.' Barak's words dragged me from my reverie. 'We can't even get one between us.

It was all her doing. She had cried wolf and the wolf had come.

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He who whets his steel, whets his courage.

Julia Woodhull was many things: a lady of secrets, a patriot’s niece, and a dead man’s daughter. But one thing Julia Woodhull was most certainly not was a fool.

The porcelain doll residing in her white-pillared dollhouse was a mirage.

Dear Governor Whitman, … Our father is not a simple criminal. … He was harassed by more ideas than his mind could stand. …