Queen

Famous quotes containing the word queen:

    “The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her for a moment like a wild beast, began screaming “Off with her head! Off with—”
    “Nonsense!” said Alice loudly and decidedly, and the Queen was silent.”
    —Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)

    “Queen Jane was in labor
    Six weeks and some more;
    The women grew wearied,
    And the midwife gave o’er.”
    —Unknown. The Death of Queen Jane (l. 1–4)

    “We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.”
    —Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)