Quotes for All
The duke contents himself mainly with attempting to rule the world and other suchlike nonsense. When one is guiding the patterns of the social universe, a single spinster preternatural is unlikely to cause one undue distress. Gail Carriger
What kind of crops do they raise in the towns? Only Grand Dukes, Bolsheviks and drunkards! Ernest Poole
I have six illegitimate children,\” Villiers informed her, not kindly. She visibly paled. :My daughter is marrying a duke,\” the duchess said between clenched teeth. \”True, he apparently has the morals of a squirrel, but that’s my cross to bear. Eloisa James
I’m the Duke of Riverside. I build things here and pretty much keep the peace, and discourage certain behaviors. If you think all that has been achieved through entirely civil and lawful means, you’ve had your head in a bucket. Ellen Kushner
Do you think ‘Duke’ is a good name?’ she asked. His face blanked for a second before it cleared. He glanced at the dog in consideration. ‘I don’t think so. He would outrank me. Elizabeth Hoyt
It isnt only fictional heroes to whom toast means home and comfort. It is related of the Duke of Wellington – I believe by Lord Ellesmere – that when he landed at Dover in 1814, after six years absence from England, the first order he gave at the Ship Inn was for an unlimited supply … Read more
The only place where David Duke and I are alike is we are both wizards under the sheets. Edwin Edwards
A friend of mine jokes that I have a painstaking royalty complex. Like maybe I was a duke in a past life. Frank Ocean
Leto turned a hard stare at Kynes. And Kynes, returning the stare, found himself troubled by a fact he had observed here: This Duke was concerned more over the men than he was over the spice. He risked his own life, and that of his son to save the men. He passed off the loss … Read more
I think the most joyous thing in life is to loaf around and watch another bloke do a job of work. Look how popular are the men who dig up London with electric drills. Duke’s son, cook’s son, son of a hundred kings, people will stand there for hours on end, ear drums splitting. Why? … Read more