„Black was this queen as jet, yet on her eyes
Sweet loveliness in black attired lies.“
— Torquato Tasso Italian poet 1544 - 1595
Bruna e si, ma il bruno il bel non toglie.
Canto XII, stanza 21 (tr. Fairfax)
Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)
„I have named you queen.
There are taller than you, taller.
There are purer than you, purer.
There are lovelier than you, lovelier.
But you are the queen.“
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„Jalil: I think you look like a queen.“
— Khaled Hosseini, buch A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)
„I am the Queen of France and you are my subject“
— Mary, Queen of Scots Scottish monarch and queen consort of France 1542 - 1587
„He is bound to you,” said the Queen. “But does he love you?“
— Cassandra Clare, buch City of Fallen Angels
Quelle: City of Fallen Angels
„[I] would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.“
— Elizabeth I of England Queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until 1603 1533 - 1603
Statement to the envoy of Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg while discussing a proposal of marriage to the duke's son, Christoph. (26 January 1563), quoted by J. Horace Round in "A Visit to Queen Elizabeth," http://books.google.com/books?id=iP0CAAAAIAAJ&q=%22would+rather+be+a+beggar+and+single+than+a+queen+and+married%22&pg=PA629#v=onepage The Nineteenth Century magazine (October 1896)
„You would have imagined her at one moment a maniac, at another a queen.“
— Victor Hugo, buch Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame
Quelle: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
„It's like chess, you know. The Queen saves the King.“
— Terry Pratchett, buch The Shepherd's Crown
Quelle: The Shepherd's Crown
— Catherine of Aragon first wife of Henry VIII of England (1485–1536) 1485 - 1536
Anne Boleyn — quoted in Alison Weir (1991). The Six Wives of Henry VIII. ISBN 0802136834, p. 213.
„I'm more contented and at peace with myself now than I was as a box-office queen.“
— Julie Andrews British actress, singer, author, theatre director, and dancer 1935
Saturday Evening Post (February 1980)
Kontext: I'm more contented and at peace with myself now than I was as a box-office queen. I'm less uptight. I've even reached a stage where it doesn't shatter me if somebody prints something bad about me.
„Be careful dear that you don’t end up as the queen of a lonely kingdom“
— Lisa Kleypas American writer 1964
Quelle: Tempt Me at Twilight
„Did you know that Dairy Queen ice cream is mostly bubbles?“
— Stephen King, buch The Stand
Frannie
The Stand (1978)
„The name of a person you love is more than language.“
— Tennessee Williams American playwright 1911 - 1983
„Tell him your country fought a war so you wouldn't have to answer to kings and queens."“
— Suzanne Collins, The Underland Chronicles
Henry, Gregor, and Ripred, p. 217
The Underland Chronicles, Gregor the Overlander (2003)
Kontext: "Luxa and I do not serve food, we are royalty." "Yeah, well, I'm the warrior and Boots is a princess. And you two are going to get pretty hungry if you're waiting for me to serve you." "Tell him, boy. Tell him your country fought a war so you wouldn't have to answer to kings and queens."
