The king's "only interest in government was a pious but simpleminded desire for reproachment

He was more than comfortable with the language of imperious persuasion.

Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally.

He wasn't an especially charismatic or commanding individual, but what he lacked in personality he emphatically made up for in diligence.

Here was a king who saw his subjects as peers and allies around whom he had growing up rather than semi-alien entities to be suspected and persecuted.

As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph.

Cats and books are my universe. Both are infinitely fascinating and full of mystery.

Thunder and blood and night must usurp our parts, to complete and make up the catastrophe of this great piece.

If you're going to America, bring your own food.

The war is won, but the peace is not.

What we take from the spirit world is only a reflection of what lies inside ourselves.

I have from time to time been a double A or triple A personality. I'm not anymore. I'm more lenient on myself.

If you want to attain peace, live peacefully

If I like somebody else's tribe I'm going to promote the hell out of it. The whole thing is a democracy, and if somebody's more popular then good luck to them.

I was always totally convinced that three weeks after the revolution they'd put me up against the wall and shoot me.

He was swept with a sadness, a sadness deep and penetrating, leaving him desolate like someone washed up on a beach, a lone survivor in a world full of strangers.