“... every monarch needs a blow on the head, from time to time.”
Hilary Mantel
Bring Up the Bodies
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.”
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Gospel of Ramakrishna
“Maybe emotional blows are like physical blows. You stand to gain something if you sustain them from time to time. You might build up some inner strength you wouldn't otherwise have.”
Muffy Mead-Ferro
Confessions of a Slacker Mom
“This hospital, like every other, is a hole in the universe through which holiness issues in blasts. It blows both ways, in and out of time.”
Annie Dillard
For the Time Being: Essays
“It's called civilization. Women invented it, and every time you men blow it all to bits, we just invent it again.”
Orson Scott Card
The Folk of the Fringe
“We spend vast amounts of time and energy crafting a thesis in our heads of how life should play out. Then Almighty God spends an incredibly brief amount of time blowing our thesis to bits.”
Ray Blackston
A Delirious Summer