Melissa Marr Quotes

Don’t.” I walked up to him. “If it ever comes down to a situation between me and you, save yourself. I’m not worth dying for.” “Princess, I-” “None of us are,” I said, looking at him seriously. “Not the Queen or any of the Markis or Marksinna. That’s a direct order from the Princess, and you have to follow it. Save yourself.” “I don’t understand.” Duncan’s whole face scrunched in confusion. “But… if it’s as you wish, Princess.” “It is. Thank you,” I smiled at him and walked into the palace.

Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.

I would no more admit the rebels to control these States than I would sail a ship with the mutinous part of a crew, and confine those who were faithful to the captain in the hold or put them in irons.

What we depend upon in a political leader is the fact that if necessary he will kill for us…. If he is not willing to shed blood we are afraid of him. He must protect us.

You will serve the Cyrstal Throne well. It would be a shame to see you assassinated too early. I will make certain that the first I send after you are newly trained, so that you may stop them with ease." -General Galgan to Mat

The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.

Put your puppet on the throne." said Talathain. "You may make her Queen but she won’t be Queen for long.

Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?

Anything you need, you tell him and he'll get it for you. If he offends you in any way, let me know and I'll kill him when I get up.

Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade.

Power seldome grows old at Court.

The city?" Tyrion was lost. "What city would that be?" "King's Landing. I am sending you to court." It was the last thing Tyrion Lannister would ever have anticipated. He reached for his wine, considered for a moment as he sipped. "And what am I to do there?" "Rule," his father said curtly.

A well-trained dog is like religion, it sets the deserving at their ease and is a terror to evildoers.

The desire to order other people around and make them conform to one own's vision takes many forms.

I'm not someone who usually sends out threats. I warn only once. The day they touch one of my men, the rule of law is over.

There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brother's keeper will end up by being his jail-keeper.

Don't be afraid of me. I'm a law maker I'm not a law breaker.

When the Communist Party comes to power, it acts a lot like the mafia: If you are a loyal member in good standing, everything is yours. You're protected, even if you commit a crime.

Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.

Antipater, now undisputed heir, had called down on his head the utter loathing of the nation, for everyone knew that all the slanders directed against his brothers had originated with him.

No theory of my own will ever stand in the way of my executing, in good faith, any order I may receive from those in authority over me.

Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne.

The judge placed his hands on the ground. He looked at his inquisitor. This is my claim, he said. And yet everywhere upon it are pockets of autonomous life. Autonomous. In order for it to be mine nothing must be permitted to occur upon it save by my dispensation.

In order to get the power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness, but with qualities which are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning, cruelty.

Opinion is, as it were, the queen of the world, but force is its tyrant.