“To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.”

“A woman wears many hats in one lifetime -- why shouldn't one of them be a crown?”

“It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.”

“Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath them.”

“Settling into a new country is like getting used to a new pair of shoes. At first they pinch a little, but you like the way they look, so you carry on. The longer you have them, the more comfortable they become. Until one day without realizing it you reach a glorious plateau. Wearing those shoes is like wearing no shoes at all. The more scuffed they get, the more you love them and the more you can't imagine life without them.”

“It was a hollow victory they gave me. A crown...it was the girl I prayed them for. Your sister, safe... and mine again as she was meant to be. I ask you, Ned, what good is it to wear a crown?”