“Kings were not patient. Not even the fallen kind.”

“Jenny threw back her head and laughed, laughter that rang out through the leaves if the oak tree above them. Jack pulled her to him, to kiss her and whisper her name again. And the oak tree above them whispered back, of love and sacrifice, of a king and a queen, and a future made anew.”

“Even the things that showed him his path seemed to point at what a fool he was. Another of life's ironies? Or just fate's way of mocking him?”

“Beware a kiss, he told her. Kisses are powerful things. You expose part of your soul.”

“In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies...but the silence of our friends.- Martin Luther King, Jr.”

“I'm for the poor man — all poor men, black and white, they all gotta have a chance. They gotta have a home, a job, and a decent education for their children. 'Every man a king' — that's my slogan.”

“Even free spirits had to the face the music sometime.”