“How old does one have to be still to say tits?”

“I would have thought," said the prime minister, "that Your Majesty was above literature." "Above literature?" said the Queen. "Who is above literature? You might as well say one is above humanity.”

“How do I define history? It's just one fucking thing after another”

“Above literature?' said the Queen. 'Who is above literature? You might as well say one was above humanity.”

“I have to seem like a human being all the time, but I seldom have to be one. I have people to do that for me.”

“What she was finding also was how one book led to another, doors kept opening wherever she turned and the days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.”

“One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.' To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: 'This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn.”