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Quotes About Princess

I will be brave, thought Despereaux. I will try to be brave like a knight in shining armour. I will be brave for the Princess Pea.
~ Kate DiCamillo
And now you have a small map of the princess's heart (hatred, sorrow, kindness, empathy), the heart that she carried down inside her as she went down the golden stairs and through the kitchen and, finally, just as the sky outside the castle began to lighten, down into the dark dungeon with the rat and the serving girl.
~ Kate DiCamillo
Despereaux thought that he might faint with the pleasure of someone referring to his ears as small and lovely. He laid his tail against the Pea's wrist to steady himself and he felt the princess's pulse, the pounding of her heart, and his own heart immediately took up the rhythm of hers.
~ Kate DiCamillo
Yes, said Cook. That is soup that you are smelling. The princess, not that you would know or care, is missing, bless her goodhearted self. and times are terrible. and when times are terrible, soup is the answer. Don't it smell like the answer?
~ Kate DiCamillo
The princess smiled at Despereaux again, and this time, Despereaux smiled back. And then, something incredible happened: The mouse fell in love.
~ Kate DiCamillo
Love is ridiculous. But love is also wonderful. And powerful. And Despereaux's love for the Princess Pea would prove, in time, to be all of these things: powerful, wonderful, and ridiculous.
~ Kate DiCamillo
ONCE THERE WAS A PRINCESS WHO was very beautiful. She shone as bright as the stars on a moonless night. But what difference did it make that she was beautiful? None. No difference." "Why did it make no difference?" asked Abilene. "Because," said Pellegrina, "she was a princess who loved no one and cared nothing for love, even though there were many who loved her.
~ Kate DiCamillo
Now take Prince Temnos to Princess Berenise. We need him in our custody in order to succeed.
~ Kate Elliott
It would be the saddest thing to me, princess. To walk separately from you, when the ground will let us go as we always did.
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
I was wondering, princess. Could it be our love would never have grown so strong down the years had the mist not robbed us the way it did? Perhaps it allowed old wounds to heal.
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
At the top of the staircase is a wooden door with a silver keyhole. The dreams pour steadily through the keyhole, and under the bottom of the door, and when you open it, the sweet stink and cloud of dreams are so thick in the Princess's bedroom that you can barely breathe. Some people might mistake the scent of the Princess's dreams for the scent of sex; then again, some people mistake sex for love.
~ Kelly Link
She was dressed in white, and her tunic had amazing flared sleeves which trailed on the ground behind her as she glided down the stairs. Her hair was a mass of dark curls tumbling around her face, and she had dark, dark eyes. Jack realized that this was what the chansons meant when they referred to a beautiful princess in a castle. No wonder the knights all wept when the princess died.
~ Ken Follett
That was the action figure I was playing with. I grew up having this fantasy of being a superhero, being Princess Power.
~ Milla Jovovich
First Guard:… Charmian, is this well done?Charmian: It is well done, and fitting for a princessDescended of so many royal kings.
~ William Shakespeare
Otchky-potchky, itchky-pitch, Pay attention to this witch. A donkey takes you to a knight -- Him you conquer in a fight. Then you wed a princess who Is even uglier than you. Ha ha ha and cockadoodle, The magic words are 'Apple Strudel
~ William Steig
Don't be silly. I'll just pick you up and carry you, like a princess," he said, holding out his arms toward me.
~ Y?ko Ogawa
The Frog Prince The princess kisses the frog and contracts a waterborne disease that makes her bottom explode.
~ David Walliams
But the timing of his demise only added to the sensationalist stories, and rumors began to circulate of a curse placed upon the expedition by the restless spirit of the disturbed princess.
~ Deanna Raybourn
It was as close as an aristocratic Englishman could come to expressing real emotion, but it was enough for the princess. She pressed his hand.
~ Deanna Raybourn
think the Princess should read the New Testament both night and morning, and also certain selected portions of the Old Testament. She must become fully conversant with the gospels. She should, I believe also study Plutarch's Enchiridion, Seneca's Maxims, and of course Plato and Cicero." He glanced at his friend. "I suggest that Sir Thomas More's Utopia would provide good reading.
~ Jean Plaidy
At length I recollected the thoughtless saying of a great princess, who, on being informed that the country people had no bread, replied, "Let them eat cake."
~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The princess, however, most innocent of excellent women, had never spoken privately to Anna of Karlchen except once, when she inquired whether he were to have the best sheets on his bed, or the second best sheets; and Anna had replied, "The worst.
~ Elizabeth von Arnim
The princess hardly showed herself; Anna was English, besides being more or less of a lunatic — the combination, when you came to think of it, was alarming, — and they soon wearied of pouring into each other's highly sceptical ears descriptions of the splendours of their prosperous days.
~ Elizabeth von Arnim
Ik weet het weer... Glenlyon. De laird van Lyndsay. Prinses Alice. Já!' Nick deed een stap naar voren, zijn gezicht stond opgetogen. 'Het komt allemaal terug... eindelijk!' En toen dook Claire in zijn armen die zich voor haar hadden geopend en haar vasthielden.
~ Alison Baird