Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes; When monarch reason sleeps, this mimic wakes. - John Dryden
I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin. - Eddie Campbell
In his youth, he was electrified. The stars were moving in his bloodstream. He would not have been cowed by the customs of an earthly monarch. When he loved, it was with a heat and a desperation that he carried like a sword. He loved in the way that Greeks burned cities. - Brenna Yovanoff
A hereditary monarch is as absurd a position as a hereditary doctor or mathematician. - Thomas Paine