| 单词 | queen |
| 例句 | The queen’s hand went fluttering to her throat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Only Missandei remained, a forlorn little ghost haunting the queen’s chambers at the apex of the pyramid. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I wonder if I can add youth to the queen's organs, so she can live forever and Sophia will never have to become regent queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Twice a day he checks his campus mailbox for letters and postcards stamped with the multicolored profiles of the queen. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She's one of the best writers at Carver, and her queen's last speech got me choked up—and fired up. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They knew that quiet lady must be told the prince her son had come ashore, and sent his good ship round to port; not one soft tear should their sweet queen let fall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the steps two at a time, nodding to the queen’s guards as he descended. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If our friends have really been captured by—by the Good People —and if Queen Morgan the Fay is really the queen of than, we have one advantage on our side. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And if that pale soft stupid creature could incite the animals when fully clothed, how much more lust would a queen inspire? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘I am the queen of the Amazons, you idiot. I wear the royal belt. With the strength it gives me, I will avenge the Amazons you killed today.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The kings men were still bent over the queen. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “A bloody glove ...” “... means war,” said the queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It would never do to come before this queen without a retinue of his own, if half of what they said of her was true. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He glanced at her clothes, which looked like the garments of a queen when she had them on, but now, hanging from their nails on the wall, seemed like the sad rags of a beggar. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "You do not mean to die with him? You swear it, my queen?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I pray to the God of Life every day that Charlotte wakes up before I die so she can take her rightful place as queen. To be at my side when I announce my illness." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "Wisdom Malliard believes we shall be able to provide a full ten thousand jars, as was promised the queen. I concur." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Take both boys and the queen’s men will ride after you and drag you back. The boy will still bum ... and you with him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The three Domishmen were with him, talking, but they broke off when the queen appeared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It is not you the queen s men want to bum. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Of course, the queen didn’t actually live there. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Then when one queen dies, why does the land not die with her?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The queen’s armor was gone, replaced by her usual flowing gown. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Seven,” I said, picking up the fourth queen. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I’m a queen, don’t need gray just to prove it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “So the good prince was a murderer and the evil queen wasn’t a witch after all. Is that supposed to be the lesson of all this? That I should be nice to her?” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “At this pace, your queen’s dragons will be larger than Aegon’s three before I can lay eyes upon them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen withdrew, the light in her eyes fading. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Dressed in homespun clothes, Ben Franklin is the center of attention at a reception held for him by King Louis XVI and his queen. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Ruta Skadi was four hundred and sixteen years old, with all the pride and knowledge of an adult witch queen. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark Antony, on the other hand, acted merely as the queen’s guest. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When I raised my eyes from the hook, the queen had disappeared. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “She was born for this. There’s a beauty queen in that cute, little fat girl.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I... hot spices do not agree with me. She was my wife. My queen. Why would I want to poison her?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "And what does Her Grace the queen think of this ploy?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Maybe I’ll morph it into a crown for the queen Dad says I am. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z As they resumed their journey, Illyrio produced a bag of roasted chestnuts and began to speak once more of the dragon queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The falling, Bran thought, and the golden man, the queen’s brother, he scares me too, but mostly the falling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Change the way you see, girl? said the fairy queen, “and you will change who you are.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Enough. He was not wrong. Never trust a sellsword Or a queen, thought Dany. “Is there some man in the Second Sons who might be persuaded to ... remove ... A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Sounds like the queen of the butt-toads to me,” Thorn said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z How can I protect the queen when I am not with her? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I’ve told them I won’t be able to work that day because of a queen commitment, but when I try to tell them the truth, it stops in my throat. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just the sight of them drove the dragon queen to her knees,” he boasted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen had done it; she was the one to hate, her and Arya. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The king and queen rode in a more stately manner behind him, alternately frowning and smiling at his antics. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And I felt like a queen, walking the turret of my castle. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z After my morning appointments, Rémy walks Ivy and me to the queen's sitting room for a private meeting. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I should have been glad to hear those words and to think of myself as a queen. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was his birthday, and Hamlet, together with the king and queen, was parading through the countryside and village. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Poisonous venom from the bite of an asp was already coursing through the queen’s veins when Octavian received the letter. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z "You pay me well for these rumors, my gracious queen." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Or maybe they would make someone else the king or queen. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She made the Amazons think that Hercules was going to carry off their queen, and they charged down on his ship. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell your queen,” she said, “that we will do the best we can.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The queen seemed to find that wonderfully amusing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When the clock chimed three and most of the guests—including the queen and Chaol—had left, Celaena finally decided that it was safe for her to leave. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Crying? I was not crying. Why would I cry? I have my peace, I have my king, I have everything a queen might wish for. You had a bad dream, that was all.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The smell was more than the queen could stand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Why does everyone in this family think I’m some kind of drama queen?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Cristiana was of high birth, for her father was the queen’s cousin. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Newsies flock around, shoving voice-trumpets in my face and pestering me with questions about Amber and my opinion about the queen's selection of the favorite. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Others followed—the queen’s knights first, partnered with her ladies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “It’s called queen of the night, since it blooms after dark.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I press myself all the way to the carriage floor to thank the queen and the Beauty Minister and the crowd for watching my exhibition. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I guess it would be really cheesy of me to say I think you’re ten times hotter and smarter than any beauty queen.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I can’t help but feel flattered that they would take this time to look for me, when the town is full of indigenous girls who would love to compete for queen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A half anile flickered across the queen's face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Mexican songs were constantly punctuated by irrelevant spotshots nobody listened to, such as the “German Press Review” and a show featuring a well-known beauty queen talking to teen-agers about their diets and their pimples. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I have nothing to be afraid of, it will all come out well, foff loves me and the queen does too, she said so. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She found her friend in the thrall of a queen who lived in a palace of ice and had a heart to match. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The queen dubbed it “the Chrysopoesium”—from chrysopoeia, the transmutation of base metal into gold—and she wore her necklace of his hair when she came to present it to him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Well, anyway, Florence Hillburn was, oh, yes, she was...a queen of kindness.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The king sat down on a log and wiped his face, but the queen did not let him rest long. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The queen's voice was soft as silk, but her words carried the whole length of the hall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She is not wrong, the queen knew, but it makes no matter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They resented the level of individual power he had achieved, and they could no longer tolerate his reckless behavior with the Egyptian queen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I was sure it was the man from Goose Creek with the new queen bee. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "The queen's closed up Maegoris, and the city gates are shut as well." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The actual work was done by the servants, of course, but the queen bee of all this busyness was indisputably Lady Constance. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “Then what do you call it?” inquired the queen, querulous. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “There’s the Illinois Central. The Southern Pacific. And right there goes the queen of them all, the Rock Island Line. That’s the one that half your Chicago relatives work on, Ben. Watch where you’re whizzin’. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "Tell me what they said to sadden the queen of my heart." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I have come at the invitation of your queen. Will you allow me to show you the invitation?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z His grandmother, the queen, lived in a high tower, where she spoke only of the other princes, past and present, who were born whole. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The girls with the darkest complexions never got picked to be queen of anything. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “Your Grace could not have known—” “I am the queen. It was my place to know.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z —Plutarch While Mark Antony was holding court at the marketplace in Tarsus and awaiting Cleopatra’s arrival, word spread that the queen was approaching. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “Once this vow to my father is fulfilled,” he said, “I will honor you. We will be known as husband and wife and you, Ophelia, will be my queen.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Headlines cluster and flash across the parchment, announcing Princess Sophia's upcoming engagement, and the latest imperial beauty laws to be passed by the queen and the Beauty Minister. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He alone remained defiant, spitting venom at the queen’s men as they prodded him along with their spears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "I thought the queen was going to choose you." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The queen’s men took up the cry, beating the butts of their spears against their shields. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Kendra would have to go petition her and hope the queen would respond. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The queen captured his heart and set fire to his imagination. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “If your queen’s knights want those girls o’ his, they’re welcome to them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Now,” said Mel, “we wait for the queen. It’s easier to see her against the white sheet.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He is a queen’s naan and I am the king’s. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A few feet from the queen’s throne, two Amazons guarded a cage. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I get so upset thinking about him, I don’t want to be a queen of anything anymore. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had no time to dwell on the discovery, however, for the queen was demanding my attention. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The queen most certainly was a witch and could very well have been on her way to great evil. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z If he was seeing anything, it was the mocking faces of the other alchemists, or the cool calculations of the queen herself, ordering up miracles like breakfast. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Yesterday a wagon had been overturned and two of her soldiers killed, so today the queen had determined that she would bring the food herself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She’s talking about how hard we all worked and how we all became friends and how really, every one of us is a queen in her eyes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom, queen of her Communications Club, took a deep breath. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z "The queen gave them to me for safekeeping so that Sophia wouldn't get to them. The shells are shatterproof. Just carry them on you. Keep them warm." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Happy as a queen, the dear! Every soul of ’em is upstairs a worshipin’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen's words echo in my head again—Sophia cannot be queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z For a moment I had an uneasy feeling, meeting the queen of the country that had once colonized my own country in Africa. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Except it’s not the Goldengrove anymore, because the hobgoblin king and queen have captured the fairy princess whose laughter makes the sun rise. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The doors had been thrown open, she saw, and the queen stood at the top of the wooden steps, smiling down at someone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In every aspect, her education prepared her morally, mentally, and physically to step into her role as queen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The pawn did not stray too far from the queen. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z On Wednesday evening, we ferried across the river to rehearse before the queen's master of revels. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “I had my doubts as well, but you all saw how Ser Balon balked when I suggested that we go by sea. A ship would have disturbed all the queen’s arrangements.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Beans laughed at that but relished the tales of the silver queen’s promiscuity. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "The queen doesn't really like the new favorite. If she did, she would've picked her from the start." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The queen’s men outnumbered the queen’s ladies three to one, so even the humblest serving girls were pressed into the dance. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z NOT would he heed die queen’s men when they came to urge him to make an offering to their hungry red god. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The next night, Mark Anthony hosted a dinner party in Cleopatra’s honor, intending to impress the queen with an elegant and beautifully appointed feast. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I sat on the tile and she sat on the shelf behind me like some fairy queen. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “The queen has been troubled with sleepless nights of late. She wakens and cannot return to sleep, and her pulse beats fast. The barley water with crushed poppy no longer brings her ease.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “If—gods forbid!—something like that were to happen,” the queen continued, “you would find your friends’ weapons and supplies in the guard station next to the cells. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Bowing, he said, "But now you must excuse me. I have urgent business with queen and council." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “The queen asked me to watch some acting troupe perform one of her favorite plays tonight. Will you go with me? I could use a translator.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z ‘Like a queen of Egypt my mother told me of—before she died. She drank her pearls in vinegar—just to show off. That Lavinia Lyte is always showing off too.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It's the most pristine place I've been to in years—since the children's choir sang for the Dutch queen in that marble and gold-leafed hall. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “The king was overjoyed. ‘They have been sent to crown my old age,’ he cried, and called the queen, his ministers, the palace staff, and, indeed, the entire population to see them. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z And because that unlikely monarch had himself followed his heart when he chose his queen, he allowed his sons to have their way, making bitter enemies where he might have had fast friends. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Show some respect. Those are for the favorite. They are gowns and dresses befitting the most important person in the kingdom...aside from the king, queen, and princesses, of course." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The queen gazed down in disgust to where he sprawled with his face in his trencher and his hand in a puddle of wine. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “A word about what?” the queen whispered back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z If we do not act, Hizdahr will kill the dragons and open the gates to the queen’s enemies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My queen,” replied the captain, “your servant Stalwart Shield had no duty last night. He had gone to a ... a certain place ... to drink, and have companionship.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In return, Hamilton gave them his royal wave as if he were the queen of England, and I waved as if I were riding a homecoming float. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z It looks like some kind of royal palace with its arched entryways and tall columns, and I half expect a robed king and queen to step out along with armored knights. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Finally the queen noticed Hazel’s group approaching, and she snapped, “Enough!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The next day, bells chime through the belly of the palace in honor of the queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I will walk up low stone steps past stone lions guarding and into a courtyard where a fountain plays and the queen waits, weeping, for the princess to return. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z "It means that I am now fit to be wedded and bedded," said Sansa, "and to bear children for the king-" The queen gave a wry smile. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "My daughter . . ." "Surely you did not think I'd forgotten about your sweet innocent, my lord? The queen most certainly has not." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Five days left to decide how to answer the queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Custom demanded that the queen begin with the Astapori envoy, a former slave who called himself Lord Ghael, though no one seemed to know what he was lord of. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Fortifications fell and ceilings collapsed, and when the queen was found in her chambers, the mob seized her and dragged her to the stake right then to burn her alive. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z The queen of the rabbits could not be seen without her floppy ears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then demand if Sheba’s queen E’er can banish from her thought All the splendour she has seen, All the knowledge thou hast taught? The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She was one of the founders of Garland, the queen bee of the place when I lived there. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Is the queen meant to visit today?” he called. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “So I heard. And when the silver queen saw your scrap of parchment she fell into your arms, yes?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The tremor in the queen’s hand has doubled, but her jaw is steely. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She was the tallest girl in our class, and she looked down at us like she was the queen of the world and we were her misbehaving subjects. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Robert started to walk away, but the queen was not done. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Virginia, listen, I’ll be straight with you. You have a good chance of being queen, but only if you improve your Quichua.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Otrera made sure her followers are guarding the cells. I’m sorry, my queen.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “In some of the lower Courts, a king or queen’s murderer can take the throne,” Dulcamara says. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The queen sets the spyglass in her lap, and she claps. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But, reader, we must not forget that King Phillip loved the queen and that without her, he was lost. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Octavian knew full well that Mark Antony, having announced his marriage to Egypt’s queen, would never agree to attend. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The plan had been to feed the beasts and chain them in their torpor, just as the queen had done. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The kingdom of Orléans will learn of the queen's illness and will have an heir announced this week, either Sophia or an awakened Charlotte. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Show me your strokes. Together now. Low, high, low, low, high, low ...” Selmy took his simple supper out onto the queen’s terrace that night and ate it as the sun went down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She holds her bouquet of roses and gives the perfect beauty queen wave. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I must inform the queen of this agreement,” he said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "They always put lavender in your soap. It's the queen's preferred scent." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z An hour later, all is right with the world—the football captain and cheer squad co-captain are crowned Homecoming king and queen. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z As soon as I returned to Elsinore, I felt constrained to lie, to deceive the queen herself. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I was careful and observant, and my reputation for honesty and secrecy began to advance me in the queen’s favor. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "I did that on purpose, since the queen is incredibly beautiful." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z And because the queen loved it, soup was served in the castle for every banquet, every lunch, and every dinner. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z They burned down the queen’s cheeks like acid. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It never entered her head that they would elect her beauty queen of the carnival pandemonium. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “The queen of your house, this block, Bed-Stuy—hell, Daisy, you the queen of all of Brooklyn!” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z For Cleopatra, the voyage with Caesar echoed the river trip she took when she first became queen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As the swan was being served, the queen questioned him about the conspiracy of the Antler Men. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "You can't look for rubies, the princess is expecting us. The queen invited us both." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Sure. My name is Rani, because it means queen.' I chose the name myself." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Her Majesty, the Austrians call their cannon, and for the past week these men have tended to it the way worker bees might tend to a queen. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Even if the pits must open, must Your Grace go yourself?” asked Missandei as she was washing the queen’s hair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I had to empty the queen’s close stool, which before had been Cristiana’s task. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “I don’t like it. The worst part was when the birds just stopped coming. I felt dead. I bet you think I’m exaggerating or being a drama queen or something but that’s how I felt.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z And because Roscuro was dazzled by the light of one match and journeyed upstairs and fell into the queens soup and the queen died, the king ordered the death of every rat in the land. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Bees looked the same, and he had picked out the queen not because of her special stripes or even her size but because of the purposeful way she moved. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The first game ends fast, but on the second game, I capture his queen. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “Yes, I can say that now. That was very drama queen.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z One of the queen’s men laughed, one spat, one muttered a curse, and the rest all tried to talk at once. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "But he never ... I don't . . . Your Grace, I wouldn't know what to say ..." The queen patted her hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z After four failed attempts and a mouth full of gasoline, Jacqui throws the hose to the ground, uncrowning herself the queen of thievery. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The team had discovered the red chamber of the virus queen at the end of the earth, where the life form had amplified through mothers and their unborn children. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You will be the queen of the ball.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z She pulls out a tiny scroll boasting the queen's wax seal. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Many years later there were those who still insisted that the royal guard of the intruding queen was a squad of regular army soldiers who were concealing government-issue rifles under their rich Moorish robes. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z ‘The queen of the Amazons and the lieutenant of Artemis both rushing to Puerto Rico on a moment’s notice to intercept us - I’m guessing that’s not because you missed me.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “You became the queen of the Amazons. Maybe this was your destiny.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Two queen’s men brought forth the Horn of Joramun, black and banded with old gold, eight feet long from end to end. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His parents had shared the dais with Robert and his queen, with her brothers beside her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “What do you plan to offer the dragon queen, little man?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That, and the guards without; queen's men leaning on tall spears, with the badge of the fiery heart sewn over their own: Grooms came up to help them dismount. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Come in, Pip,” Miss Havisham continued to mutter, without looking round or up; “come in, Pip, how do you do, Pip? so you kiss my hand as if I were a queen, eh?—Well?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “It is a great honor to wait upon the queen,” Jaime reminded his lordship. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was dangerous to oppose the queen's men, but Davos had vowed always to tell his king the truth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “It is just like those majorette clothes you wear in the street. Showing off your body. Is that the kind of queen you want to be?” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen pulled her daughter closer to her and kissed her cheek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “His father’s settled his people at Oakenshield and will be back this afternoon with eighty fighting men. What did the bearded queen have to say?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She told me how a strange plague once broke out, afflicting hundreds, Gertrude among them, and how she nursed the queen from the very brink of death to complete health again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “A man grown, who freely chose to risk his life for gold and glory. No children die today in Daznak’s, as my gentle queen in her wisdom has decreed.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "My lord, I . . . we . . . the queen has commanded me not to . . ." His ears had turned Lannister crimson. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “It is true. The king has promised, and the queen also gives her consent.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The queen unrolled it slowly, studying the seals and signatures. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The servants stand aside, and the queen herself pushes this door open. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The girl with the auburn hair approached the queen and bowed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “What about Elise?” the queen said, indicating a blond young woman clad in lavender. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In about fifteen minutes, puffing on his pipe, Pavey captured Bobby’s queen, thereby ending the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z On the third night after hearing the broadcast—Thursday—Werner stands in the hexagonal bathtub beneath the queen bee. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She marched deliberately into the church, walked “with the air of a queen” up the aisle, and sat on the steps to the pulpit. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “The beast devoured Barsena’s flesh. Dragons prey on men. It was killing, burning...” “... burning men who meant harm to your queen. Harpy’s Sons, as like as not Your friends.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Before those new queens emerge, the old queen flies off with some of the workers to form a second hive.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Will looked at each of the bodies in turn, but none of them was Serafina Pekkala, the queen of the witch clan, Lyra’s particular friend. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The king/queen system gave us a sense of order, rank, and self. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He made many a toast, laughed loudly at every jest, and attacked each dish like a starving man, but beside him the queen seemed as cold as an ice sculpture. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I cannot fathom what the queen sees in you. Ha!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The fairy queen’s yellow curls reminded her of Amy, and between the acts she amused herself with wondering what her sister would do to make her ‘sorry for it’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, she had a regal air, sitting straight and dignified in her gilded chair as if she really were a queen. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Experiments have shown that the bees obtain it directly from the body of the queen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “The queen of the fairies lives on that little island?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She was the queen of Westeros; he had no right to lay rough hands on her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I would return to Denmark as its queen, beloved of Hamlet and the people. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But she wears long gowns with Doc Martens boots and severe black scarves on her head, so she’s not exactly a glamour queen. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “You get more coverage than the president, the pope, and the queen of England put together. All good stuff.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z "Tell the queen I'm ready to help Charlotte. I'll do whatever I can." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "The queen is angry too," Jon told his uncle in a low, quiet voice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Sebastian Reeder could not remember which queen she had been, but he did not think she had been queen for very long. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “I wouldn't give him nothing, Lana. He’s operating some kinda shake- down racket, if you ast me. If this kid’s a orphan. I’m the queen of England.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When Leslie spoke, the words rolling out so regally, you knew she was a proper queen. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “Have there been any further tidings of our sweet queen?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Shhh, yes. There’s a rumor going around that the beautiful girl arriving today might be the queen they’ve been waiting for.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I’m looking at the smug, tiny face of the queen. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm immediately taken to see the queen—still covered in Prince Alfred's blood and Belle-rose tea, still angry from his disgusting advances, still shaky from almost stopping his heart. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Why would the queen want to see me? The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Yes, and the queen sent this one”—Nehemia jerked her head at Kaltain—“to bring me around with that sweating worm of a man as well.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Or is this all hallucination, sent against me by the iron queen, Persephone, to make me groan again?’ The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In what book, chapter, and verse can we read about a winner of a beauty contest becoming a queen? Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z "Then thank the gods that I am not Robert. My sweet queen is all the woman I desire." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Now I could see she was returning to herself, looking like an all-weather queen out there, like nothing could touch her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Susan had slate-gray eyes, the kind of fair skin that belongs on a Victorian queen, and a laugh that often ended with a mischievous snort. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “He makes much noise,” said the queen distastefully, her front legs moving across her chest again. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He watched in amazement as the statue of the queen raised her arms and welcomed back her repentant husband and grownup daughter. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I see the fearsome face of Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle, who murdered his father and married his mother, my dear queen Gertrude, whom he poisoned. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And the queen was still dead, of course, when Roscuro encountered the queen’s royal soupspoon lying on the floor. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I had not told them I was running for queen. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The childish painter had put a picture on the wardrobe here too, of a castle and town and a queen, wearing an impossibly tall crown, walking in the garden. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, the Underworld king and queen thought “looking after” someone meant giving him a broom and having him sweep up their messes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Blood-soaked brutes and killers they might be, but in their own way they had been loyal... to King Hizdahr, yes, but to the queen as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen's cameo is prominently displayed, along with messages wishing her good health. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z ‘Given to me by Mrs. Maggot, a queen among farmers’ wives. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The woman is huge and blond and puffy like a 1950s beauty queen gone to seed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps your silver queen would like a monkey,” said Gerris. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Less than an inch remained, jutting from a pool of warm melted wax to cast its light over the queen’s bed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I believed her goodwill would in turn lead to the queen’s favor. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "How are you enjoying your first few days at court?" the queen asks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z You must have therapy soon or you will become a screaming queen. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You will be kept a prisoner until the queen returns. If nothing can be proved against you, you will not come to harm. You have my word as a knight.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen's face was a mask, so bloodless that it might have been sculpted from snow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z One May afternoon, I sat near a window at the west end of the queen’s gallery, trying to decipher the tortured wit of his latest letter. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "Commander, take the queen and her children into custody. Do them no harm, but escort them back to the royal apartments and keep them there, under guard." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Gentle queen. You do not want to disappoint your people.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Halfway down Visenya’s Hill the queen fell for the first time, when her foot slipped in something that might have been nightsoil. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "You think Arabella hasn't tried that already? The queen is looking for more from you." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “My queen?” said a soft voice in the darkness. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As he snapped it at the boar, the queen rose. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The stream of root beer shot out and smacked the spider queen right in the face. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Its glass ceiling winks light over the queen's throne, making her glow. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Oscar found the queen of hearts bookmark in The Swiss Family Robinson. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The judge thought of their last game: She had been so excited about taking his queen, only to have the master checkmate her in the next move. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z "Why would you want to ride a smelly old horse and get all sore and sweaty when you could recline on feather pillows and eat cakes with the queen?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "And count themselves lucky that they have such a gentle queen," added Lancel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Doubtless, she was scurrying off to report to the queen, or maybe Varys. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "If that is what you wish," the queen says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Cameron holds his grandma’s hand as he leads her into the living room like she’s the queen of the world in a housecoat. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I smothered my face with a pillow and told him there was no such thing as a queen in soccer. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I had a visit earlier this year,” the queen says at last. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When I wake up, the dying light of the day makes everything seem to matter, from the yellowing sky to the stalks of grass above my head, waving in slow motion like a beauty queen. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Under the floor of the queen’s sister’s hut was a beehive, and we would sometimes take up a floorboard or two and feast on its honey. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, though, being the tubby daughter of Clover City’s most cherished beauty queen doesn’t win me much street cred. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And, of course, I was the queen of research and persistence. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Must I speak to the queen? A word from Her Grace and I can have this wildling girl delivered naked to the hall for our inspection.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen’s lips tightened, and her chin gave a small quiver. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “To bring a gift, for the queen of my heart.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The boy was clad in Baratheon gold and black, with the flaming heart of a queen’s man sewn above his own. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Madam, the queen's post arrived through the back entrance," a servant announces as she tugs the glistening ribbons of a gold-and-white post-balloon. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Eventually, normal-sized grandchildren arrived, and the king and queen forgot the existence of the tiny princess almost completely. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The queen herself was absent, as was her daughter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Your prioress is like a queen, the fountain of all goodness. All the sisters are her ladies-in-waiting, happy to live under her benevolent rule. There is a hierarchy, with servants in the lowest place.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z When he said that the queen had murdered his bride, he believed, in his own way, that it was actually true. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “That cute, little fat girl is a beauty queen.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “He’d sell you to the queen for a pot of that Lannister gold. Poor man needs every dragon, with seven sons all determined to be knights.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Except now, it’s not clear who the queen is anymore. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “And how will she welcome you, this just queen? A warm embrace, a girlish titter, a headsman’s axe?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen will announce the favorite tomorrow afternoon. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The queen took his arm and swept past the men of the Night’s Watch with never a second glance. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z What if he allowed Byrne to capture his queen, the most powerful piece on the board? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Caesar unrolled the carpet and discovered the queen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z And so the injustice that I saw, the reason that I came walking, was for the queen, not the prince. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z And there’s a girl who is both hijabi and the homecoming queen. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I thought that perhaps I had come upon the forest equivalent of a queen bee, and I wondered whether this algae would ever cease to amaze me with its botanical strangeness. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Then they must be knelt,” the queen declared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His men had been searching for Arya for four days now, but the queen's men had been out hunting as weU. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "The queen gets what the queen wants," Ivy says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Young boys dressed as Greek gods stood on either side of the queen, using large fans to keep her cool. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “And my father? Was there some woman he loved better than his queen?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "His Grace is without, my lord, and the queen with him." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The outsiders, of course, thought that Remedios the Beauty had finally succumbed to her irrevocable fate of a queen bee and that her family was trying to save her honor with that tale of levitation. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z As Joffrey's betrothed, Sansa had the seat of honor on the queen's right hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She could see the proud, cold, lovely features of the Lannister queen etched upon the wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Of course, and Lyra is their child....Serafina Pekkala, if I had borne his child, what a witch she would be! A queen of queens!” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen smiled mischievously, and for the first time, Hazel felt jealous of Reyna. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Hmmm, a thoughtful girl. Cumin is what I advise. Rare and odorous. Not in your queen’s herb bed, I am sure. A poultice applied to the side. I will prepare it now.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He grabbed for the beauty queen, and she deftly elbowed him in the gut. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A tearful queen was being led out of the room by frozen-faced women, and the king sat stiffly on his throne, his eyes fixed on a paper clutched in his hands. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z If he loved you, he would come and carry you off at swordpoint, as Rhaegar carried off his northern girl, the girl in her insisted, but the queen knew that was folly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I open her Belle-book and comb through entries that mention the queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When we came to a room near the queen’s bedchamber, the servant left me, and I was alone. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Angela reported on the clues gathered in the game room and during the day's comings and goings: "King, queen. Otis Amber said, 'King Otis and Queen Crow.' "Purple waves. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “If it were, you’d be in chains. It’s the queen who rules.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It seems that the game is about keeping track of the queen. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon or late he would need to face the red priestess, but he would sooner it was not in the queen’s presence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Something evil dwells in this castle, something wicked enough to make the stars quake. Its malice echoes into all worlds,” the queen went on. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The queen took my side in the matter, but the regent could not be dissuaded. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If Hizdahr conspired at my queen's death, I will see to him myself, but his death will be swift and clean. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Most queens have no purpose but to warm some king’s bed and pop out sons for him. If that’s the sort of queen you mean to be, best marry Hizdahr.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had been known to make that climb five or six times a day on the queen’s business, as the aches in his knees and the small of his back could attest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Like I’m the queen of my own little kingdom. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “How many times have they killed our sisters in battle? When I was queen—” “Otrera,” Hylla interrupted, “you are here as a guest. You are not queen anymore.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A month later, unsuccessful in getting his wife to take off her nightgown, he had the picture taken of Petra Cotes dressed as a queen. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z So just now, I took the queen of hearts, slipped it out the window, and watched it sailing down to the yard below. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “Hush up, girlfriend, and wash them veggies. You gonna do all the cooking. I’m gonna sit up here like some kinda queen and give orders.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “But I have to say that you’re rather brilliant, Captain. So brilliant, actually, that I might give you one of the jewels I plan to steal from the queen tonight.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z That had been escape—from the queen and his father and the Chrysopoesium and the stifling box that was his life. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Normally, playing without a queen is crippling, almost tantamount to an automatic loss. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I had hoped to confront the king and queen in the safety of a larger crowd. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The queen's image holds all the weight of her title and the worries she carries. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Your mother was always polite to everyone. She always said that you never knew if that person might have been some king or queen in a former life.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z If the queen should bolt or balk, the three hags would drag her back inside, and this time they would see to it that she never left her cell. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Fischer, spying the chess table, galumphed to the center of the stage and immediately lifted the white queen, testing its weight. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z From his throne, King Hamlet beheld the scene, his queen beside him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z In Meereen I was a queen in silk, nibbling on stuffed dates and honeyed lamb, she remembered. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Flowers weren’t available at sea and so the koumbaros, a guy named Pelos serving as best man, switched the king’s hempen crown to the queen’s head, the queen’s to the king’s, and back again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The queen’s sister, Empress Marie of Russia, took photographs during the royal inspection, and afterward, the eager fans who mobbed the dock gave the crew teddy bears and other mascots to carry south. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Ah, but only because the fairy queen herself gave me permission.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The regent and the queen slept in the right-hand rondavel, the queen’s sister in the center one, and the left-hand hut served as a pantry. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They gave us barely a glance as we entered the hall leading to the queen’s dwelling. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "I will suffocate her. You will be queen. Not just regent. Don't you want that?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Jon's brothers and sisters had been seated with the royal children, beneath the raised platform where Lord and Lady Stark hosted the king and queen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I imagine a lonely queen in a cliff-top castle, looking out at her subjects below. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “A treasure fit for a queen. You are a queen, en’t you?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The next morning, I dress to see the queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Sitting on Arion, she looked like a queen, powerful and beautiful, her brown hair swept over her shoulders and a wreath of icy mist around her head. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z "I'm very busy, Auguste. I have an appointment with the queen." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The queen lifts a golden spyglass and stares at me and Holly like we're bugs trapped in bell jars. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A queen of a sceptered isle that consisted only of a bird-filled bedroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z New beekeepers are told that the way to find the elusive queen is by first locating her circle of attendants. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "Might be I am, m'lord. But what of the mail and swords the queen was wanting?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Up, my child. Let me have a look at you," the queen says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "I'm afraid greed got the best of you, Theo. By taking white's queen you were tricked into opening your defense. I know, I've lost a few games that way myself." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen put a hand on her daughter’s shoulder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Camellia, very lovely," the queen says, giving me an appraising look. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Aztec queen, Tonantzin, Holy Mother of all mankind, give us your magical assistance. Make these women believe and help us leave!” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It’s up to me to repay the team, justify my food and keep, like a queen ant with eggs. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And the chessmen—Nick’s king and queen—had to agree. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Two months ago, the queen put a man in a starvation box in the Royal Square for trying to kiss Daisy, the Belle at the Fire Teahouse. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “This is so,” he allowed, “yet soon or late word must reach them of the dragon queen of Slaver’s Bay.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Our teacher motions toward the back closet like a queen waving to a lowly servant. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The queen clapped her hands together in excitement. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Social life, whether it was the crowning of a May queen, the eulogy to a dead president, or an all-night dance, could be held nowhere else. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “The queen would never presume upon our hospitality,” Jon said, hoping that was true. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “No. The prayer will have to be done by somebody else. If they kill you, they can burn me. I shall take my death as meekly as any Christian queen.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Because, every once in a while, a pawn becomes a queen. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z "The judge says she's a pawn and Otis Amber says he's the king, Crow's the queen— Oh well, it's probably just a coincidence." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Granger had just tried to end the game by using her queen—Mrs. Chatham in her black raincoat, the black queen. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And yesterday, only to make Grandma Rose happy, I auditioned for the part of the queen. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She opened her mouth to snap a response, but when she looked back at Elena, the queen was gone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In a small inscription preserved from the final months of Cleopatra’s life, her subjects humbly, proudly, and affectionately called her the mother of kings, queen of kings, and kind young goddess. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She slid out from her corner and went after her, watching as the huntress took a seat at the long table with one of her men and a masked reveler dressed as a queen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Frodo took the phial, and for a moment as it shone between them, he saw her again standing like a queen, great and beautiful, but no longer terrible. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Joseph found himself thinking once again about the end of The Winter’s Tale and the queen’s return to life. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Panting heavily, his jaw bruised and his leg bleeding, the agent crawled toward the beauty queen and smeared her mouth with the Mind’s Flower fruit, torn from a neighboring plant. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z How quickly they had followed the queen’s instructions, finding Hamlet before I did! Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And, I realize, I do want to be queen, very badly. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Not all her queen’s men seemed to share her fervor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen of hearts and the queen of clubs are the only two that are face up, far away from each other with the whole pack between them. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Proud Volantis, queen of the Rhoyne and mistress of the Summer Sea, home to noble lords and lovely ladies of the most ancient blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Back at the swimming hole in Nebraska, Mary Lou had pretended that she was a pirate queen. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She struck Ron hard across the head with her stone arm, and he crashed to the floor — Hermione screamed but stayed on her square — the white queen dragged Ron to one side. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z You were just a little girl, but when you saw her in the papers wearing that ridiculous silk gown that cost 80,000 dollars, you said, Mami, is that our queen? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “I wish that I’ll go to college on a scholarship someday I wish I’ll be homecoming queen in high school. I wish we could afford a nice house.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Arch is the best fighter of the three of us,” Drinkwater had pointed out, “but only you can hope to wed the dragon queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Together we're going to be more powerful than any queen and favorite." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I will sail the Iron Fleet across it and find the queen wherever she may be.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Please, I need to speak to the queen again," Sansa told them, as she told everyone she saw that day. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “You urged the queen to try the locusts. I heard you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Certain things are expected of a queen. They will be expected of you should you ever wed Joffrey. Best learn." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "We take all. The fat man hires three ships for his little silverhair queen." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I wonder if Charlotte is awake, and if the queen is stronger. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z For one thing, the problem of determining how much is queen and how much queenly radiation. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s them, the jousting dwarfs, the ones who tilted for the queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “A crossbowman tried to put a quarrel through my eye, but I outrode it. I was hurrying home to my queen, to bask in the warmth of her smile.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The queen watched us tilt,” Penny was telling the other slaves in line, “but that was the only time we saw her.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Your Grace," he told the queen, "the sight of our white cloaks might enrage the mob." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The queen had given her freedom of the castle as a reward for being good, yet even so, she was escorted everywhere she went. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “This one is missing its queen,” she said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A queen in exile, with only two attendants remaining, Tessie and me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The queen looked at her, troubled, and yet Sansa could see kindness in her clear green eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “St. John,” I said, “I think you are almost wicked to talk so. I am disposed to be as content as a queen, and you try to stir me up to restlessness! To what end?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z But the king comes, with the queen on his arm, young Hrothulf walking four steps behind them, holding the hands of their children. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The diamond might make me rich, but a crown would make me queen. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She was to be a queen, and queens did not cry. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Sander pointed out the roofs of the queen's London residence far off to the west, and the Tower prison to the east. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z They had always known she was a born leader; but now, smiling and triumphant in fine court garments, she looked like a queen. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The women in the crowd nod their heads and whisper in agreement with the queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z As if defiantly, Unferth, murderer of brothers, again raised his eyes to the queen’s, and this time didn’t look down. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd began to break apart and stream from the yard, queen’s men, king’s men, and free folk alike, all anxious to get out of the wind and the cold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The lions are hungry. Two days since they ate. I was told not to feed them, and I haven’t. The queen should pay for meat.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "He has giant's blood in him, or I'm the queen." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She hoped Elena wouldn’t speak of what her heart refused to remember, hoped that the queen wouldn’t mention what she had spent so long forgetting. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z "This is a noble work, my queen," he proclaimed loudly, lifting a large platter for her inspection. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Shaan and Zahra’s forces combined have managed to secure them a meeting with the queen at Buckingham Palace, but they’ve been told to take a winding, circumspect route to avoid the paparazzi. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The queen returns to her throne, and she nods at the Beauty Minister. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I want my daughters back, and the queen holds them still. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Alex’s mother accepts a kiss to the side of her square jaw from Leo as she passes by, like a queen gliding through a crowd of admirers. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I saw your father and your mother wed as well. Forgive me, but there was no fondness there, and the realm paid dearly for that, my queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The Golden Company marches toward Volantis as we speak, there to await the coming of our queen out of the east.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had nothing against the squires, but it troubled him to see Robert surrounded by the queen's kin, waking and sleeping. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Nor was I wrong to defy my father when he wished me to betray my queen. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "Well, won't you just be a regent queen? Will you get to change laws?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When the queen learned that I had been schooled in Latin and French, she bade me read aloud as she and her ladies worked on their embroidery. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The king and queen sit in their high-backed chairs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The RambtonS had slain four of the queen's men before the others overwhelmed them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Dad cracked a joke about her being a queen. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She was asleep and dreaming of her mother, the queen, who was holding out a spoon to her and saying, “Taste this, my sweet Pea, taste this, my darling, and tell me what you think. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “It is only dawn, sweet queen. The day is long. Time enough for one last sortie. I will bring you back the head of Brown Ben Plumm for a wedding gift.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I suck in my breath and hold it in my chest until the queen speaks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She is to be queen, but she is also stuck tending to a crazy old tyrant for the rest of her days. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “You know, I’m ninety-eight percent sure the queen would’ve knighted that guy had he not died so young, may his soul rest in peace.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z "Viserys sold my mother's crown, and men called him a beggar. I shall keep this one, so men will call me a queen." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They may have blamed the situation on the powers of the Egyptian queen, but Caesar’s reputation was tarnished as well. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z But the king and the queen and the princess were by now too far away to hear her. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I stand and leave the room, quiet as a mouse, the queen's threat stinging like a fresh cut. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I grew tired of it and told her it could have been worse, that Maestro Frederic Chopin had once done the same thing at a command performance for the king and queen of Prussia. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z According to my sister, Sam used to be a “blow queen.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The king could order him freed, but would Robert listen to his queen or his Hand? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Patchface covered his ears, Princess Shireen pressed her face into her mother’s furs, and the boldest of the queen’s knights moved forward, steel in hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “What is that thing? It looks like the most busted beauty queen ever,” Nicole whispered, and no one was sure which one she meant. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Then the queen beckoned to another curious member of her entourage: a tall gaunt stick of a man, his height accentuated by an outlandish three-tiered hat of purple felt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I did not pretend to be princess, in my make-believe I was queen. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z The queen seemed to be reading her thoughts. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Aru waved her hand like a pageant queen—rotating it slowly at the wrist—before the three of them ducked through the large gateway marked EXIT. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In a burst of confiding he added, “Perhaps Rekh will teach me more now. Perhaps someday I shall be a master goldsmith and make necklaces for the queen.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I made my way through the queen’s gallery, where the tapestries with their wordless stories hung dark and silent. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The queen was really a simple soul and always, her whole life, had done nothing except state the overly obvious. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Missandei stood in the door of the queen’s bedchamber, a lantern in her hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Given his preferences, I believe he'd stay in the forest until you and the queen both die of old age," Lord Petyr replied with a faint smile. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z From the tops of the branches she looked like an ancient queen of the jungle, presiding over her domain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Vendors sell dolls in her likeness, fitted with a tiny version of the queen's crown. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z His queen mother stood beside him in a black mourning gown slashed with crimson, a veil of black diamonds in her hair. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A flicker of disapproval crossed the old man’s face, but it was not his way to question his queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Over that he donned the armor that the queen had given him as a token of her esteem. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Second Sons were the first to return, eight days after the queen sent forth her summons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He works in construction and treats his wife like a queen and his kids like gods. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z According to reports, he did not join the queen in her quarters. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “The queen of the gods, Turner. Write it as though she is telling the story. This is Juno here, regina deum, line nine. Thirty minutes seems about the right amount of time.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z "When will the queen release her official announcement regarding toilette-box allotments?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Besides, kings who lost their crowns oft lost their heads as well, and she could see no reason why it would be any different for a queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The last time the slave soldiers of Yunkai’i had faced the dragon queen’s Unsullied, they broke and ran. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But, locked in that dark, horrible world, Celaena only saw the ancient queen barrel into Cain, knocking him down, before the dead charged. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z My Vanessa, pretty little queen, I love you so. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Unless one of those long iron scorpion bolts chanced to find an eye, the queen’s pet monster was not like to be brought down by such toys. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The ruler of Hades drew near to listen with his queen. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z One was Nick, the fellow who had been the butt of the players' jokes the day before, and who had played the queen in Hamlet. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The thought of him almost distracts me from the fact that I'm about to have my first semi-private audience with the queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "That will fill them with fear," the queen said dryly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Court clothes, for all our party. Fine woolens, velvets, silken cloaks. One does not come before a queen looking shabby ... nor empty-handed. The magister has been kind enough to provide us with suitable gifts.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was a scapegrace fellow in the crowd named Ktesippos, a Samian, rich beyond all measure, arrogant with riches, early and late a bidder for Odysseus’ queen. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I would have preferred a mother's love and a queen's protection, but since Gertrude could give me neither, her gold must suffice. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They were princesses once, charged with saving the kingdom from a dragon, and whoever could defeat it would be queen. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He was highborn, the son of the most pow-erful lord in the realm, the brother of the queen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Just be queen for the day,” Fiona says, thinking she needs to convince me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The queen had her servants changed every fortnight, to make certain none of them befriended her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And Books, the clever Volantene swordsman who always seemed to have his nose poked in some crumbly scroll, thought the dragon queen both murderous and mad. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You are but a child! You know nothing of a queen’s desires,” she said bitterly, thrusting me away. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “My girl, what news from the queen’s inner chamber?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "My lord, it was your sister's bidding, the queen, as you said, but His Grace . . . he'd never understand . . ." "Would you have me keep the truth from the king?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I practiced turning my head and shoulders in the manner I had seen one of the queen’s ladies use while conversing with a young lord. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There was small love between him and the queen's family, Catelyn knew. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Even though the queen had only a dagger, Hazel suspected she could use it pretty well. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She was to be tried for high treason whilst the little queen and her cousins flew off as free as birds. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was Cook’s domain, and she presided over it like a queen. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z All, including the emperor, sank to the floor in deference, and one of the queen’s companions had to nudge a servant to rise in order to take the peach. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Thinking that the worldly Cristiana might understand Gertrude’s behavior, I mused aloud to her as we sat stitching, “How could the queen marry the brother of her dead husband?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “I will see that they are presented to the queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen stopped, as if obeying my call, and the lady and gentleman with her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Then the black queen put on her red scarf and walked off into the October twilight. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “How did you convince the Golden Company to take up the cause of our sweet queen when they have spent so much of their history fighting against the Targaryens?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Father still didn’t, as he thought nothing of leaving it in the charge of a cripple, a beauty queen, and a tomboy who approaches housework like a cat taking a bath. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt like the queen’s attendants were out here in a frenzy of love, caressing me in a thousand places. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen, his step-grandmother, became regent in his place, and would handle all affairs of state until the prince was old enough to take over. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “I am Isis, queen of all gods, but you may call me the Divine One.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Behind them stood the queen, with her daughter and her tattooed fool. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The miniature beauty queen had platinum hair, a silver dress, and glittering, translucent wings. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z But here was Ma Costa, a queen among the gyptians, in a terror for a missing child. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z And then her horse pitches forward, and Jeanne screams, and the horse disappears into the foam, and the queen is bellowing now, swiftly sinking into the hungry sand. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The Crown: “The biggest, most precious crown belongs to a humble queen.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Arya was pretty sure.that some of the other men were killers too, the three in the manacles for sure, but the queen wasn't looking for them, so it wasn't the same. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z So I was quite proficient by the time I curtsied to the queen and Prince Philip. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He walked slowly, as part of a great procession, though only the puppy could be seen, slowly forward carrying the queen’s wreath to the sacred grove. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Black brothers, northmen, free folk, Thenns, queen’s men, all of them fell quiet, listening. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "For the night is dark and full of terrors," Selyse and her queen's men replied. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The queen sweeps a loose curl from Charlotte's forehead. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He captained the queen's new red cloak guard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He ran fast, but he was no match for the beauty queen’s youth and conditioning. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z When the youngest daughter gave birth to a baby girl, the king and queen were overjoyed. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The queen herself was seen summoning the winds, Unfurling her sails and frantically paying out the slackened ropes. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z One shared the queen’s bed every night, to ascertain she had no other company; the other two slept in an adjoining chamber with the septa who looked over them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She felt like a queen in a high chariot as they rolled off along the little road among the trees. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The queen signaled for the first course to be served. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I never tire of it. But how is it that such a ghastly thing, a queen stabbing her husband in his bath, is so lovely to us?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The talk was she would soon he wed to one of the queen's cousins, so the Lannisters might claim her lands. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Command them to return to their homes," the queen said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Lord Stannis," she asked, "if you knew the queen to be guilty of such monstrous crimes, why did you keep silent?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "No, she's from the generation before me. She's the queen's favorite Belle. She kept her at court to work with Princess Charlotte." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "The same," the woman replies, walking over to kiss the queen on the mouth. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “The last girl who tried that—” “Now has a metal arm,” the queen finished. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Such poverty would sit hard with a queen and her ladies,” I admit. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Ned had little doubt that he was bound straight for the royal apartments, to whisper at the queen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I want to tell him that refusing Du Barry, the Beauty Minister, clients, and most of all the queen or Sophia, feels impossible. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A blushing queen of little more than twenty summers on her throne, and the whole flame-lit hall filling with noble knights on bended knee. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen's words ring out—Ambrosia is the favorite—alongside the racing thrum of my heart. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I want the queen to see what I can do, to see that I can be the person she needs, to know that I can help her daughter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Quiet men stood up and threw a queen down on the table hard enough to break her neck. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z However frightened my heart, when they look upon my face they must see only Drogo’s queen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A scarf wrapped around her head adds to her majesty—an African queen, and we’re blessed to be in her presence. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “As a girl, though... she was once smitten with a young knight from the stormlands who wore her favor at a tourney and named her queen of love and beauty. A brief thing.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “And of course,” August said, “there’s the queen and her attendants.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His lord father had come first, escorting the queen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Who do you think you are? Some kind of queen? We’re pushing as hard as we can. This grocery cart is worthless. It’s like the wheels aren’t even wheels. It’s like they’re squares or something.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The prudent queen, for her part, said: “Stranger, if only this came true--our love would go to you, with many gifts; aye, every man who passed would call you happy!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen would glance at the three now and then. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen’s men gave a heave and sent the horn tumbling down into the fire pit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I have never known what to believe, but one thing is clear—the queen loves Charlotte with all her being. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “You would not joke so had the queen trapped you!” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The bishops topple, the queen falls, the king is encircled. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And also because the vague suspicions — expectations, really — that I’d been forming all day, as Alice tried to transform me into a beauty queen, were so far wide of the mark. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z "May I introduce you to my firstborn, Princess Charlotte," the queen says, "heir to the kingdom of Orléans." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "You can't do what the queen asked. It's too much," she whispers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "This is no fit subject for the queen's ears." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "It would not do if certain people learned that we had spoken in private. The queen watches you closely. This wine is very choice. Thank you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I am only a simple knight, the queen’s protector. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But the queen in her knew that would be folly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Fashion Minister draws the queen's attention away from me with a question about silkworm production and winter gowns. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They’d drop the soft claws and tails into my bowl of melted butter, as though they were feeding the queen. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z If that doesn’t sound like the makings of a witch’s brew,, then I’m the queen of England. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She wore a crown on her head because she was the queen of heaven. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He could almost hear them whispering—Great Masters, Sons ofthe Harpy, Yunkai’i, all telling one another that his queen was dead. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Out of sticks, palm fronds, salvaged shoes, glittery jewelry, two suitcase wheels, and evening gown scraps, Taylor had built a found- object beauty queen sculpture upon which she placed a scrawled sign for a sash. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I want to be the one the queen chooses. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z In her bearing, she was still a queen. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z How can a queen be both a good witch and a bad witch? A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z She usually drove, but when she didn’t, she was shotgun-calling queen of the world. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z But cheaper merchandise isn’t always better, leaving local entrepreneurs to prove that quality is queen. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Here by the fire the queen sat down. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He loves me as he loved her, not as a knight loves his queen but as a man loves a woman. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her experiences with Hera the cow queen, the katoblepones of Venice and the pictures of creepy death cows in the House of Hades hadn’t helped. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Bright queen,” he said, “you have grown more beautiful in my absence. How is this thing possible?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I smile at her and close the car door, and as we pull away from the curb, I roll down the window and wave like I’m a queen on parade. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z It was only cut on his ninth birthday, to be woven into an elaborate neckpiece for his godmother, the queen. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z "Your mother was my queen of beauty once," the man said quietly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I'm looking for information to help the queen. What are you doing here?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Anyway, Jack and Sarah journey across the forest, defeat a troll army, rescue the fairy princess, battle the evil hobgoblin king and queen, and return the world to the sunshine. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Madrina claims that she was a beauty queen back in her day in San Juan. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z No matter how hard I try, though, I keep seeing the bloated face of that aging beauty queen bouncing off the lights into my father’s outstretched hands. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Poseidon called you a queen,” I told her. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Most of the gold imprint designating whether a given piece was a bishop, king, queen, or whatever had, from years of use, worn off. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Everyone in my family, in fact, knew I cried a lot; it was usually because I was known as a bit of a drama queen around the house. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Dragons. These same stories have reached Oldtown. Too many to discount. A silver-haired queen with three dragons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Good. Learn to use your ears more and your mouth less, or your reign will be shorter than I am. Wanton brutality is no way to win your people's love ... or your queen's." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My children's choir singing for the queen of the Netherlands. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "The queen's men have laid claim to all the seasoned wood." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Once or twice a year she will be there, the boyfriend- surrounded queen who passed me by. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Only three out of fifty girls will be queen: the Queen of Com, of Sky, and of Water. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have heard it said that your queen has a great dark beard.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen was indisposed and would not be able to leave her chambers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He acknowledged the loud applause of the crowd like a prom queen or an Academy Award winner having the first of what would undoubtedly be a lifetime of moments such as these. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Would she now betray me to Claudius, as a loyal queen and dutiful wife must do? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Cleopatra proved controversial; many of my comrades took exception to the fact that the queen of Egypt was depicted by a raven-haired, violet-eyed American actress, however beautiful. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a great honor to ride with the queen, and besides, Prince Joffrey might be there. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z From the sound of it, the queen is absolutely livid—not just to finally have confirmation about Henry, but because it’s via something as undignified as a tabloid scandal. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z If I am ever a queen, I’ll make them love me. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When she saw Remedios the Beauty dressed as a queen at the bloody carnival she thought that she was an extraordinary creature. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Small wonder that the queen had killed them both. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Julian nodded soberly, as though contemplating what dreadful fate the queen might devise if she were truly displeased. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z She said it as solemn as if she was a queen knighting me with words. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The Amazon queen shouted: “To my sister’s aid! Destroy the monsters!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Should the queen hear that you gave audience to this traitor, she may question our own loyalty. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Renly's young queen was no more than fifteen, sixteen, he seemed to recall . . . older than Joffrey, but a few years were nothing, it was so neat and sweet he could taste it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Once, for a long moment, the queen looked at him while listening to her brother, her eyes as thoughtful as Hrothgar’s. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Once outside and well away from the queen’s men, Val gave vent to her wroth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Upon the quiet daughter of Ikarios she let clear drops of slumber fall, until the queen lay back asleep, her limbs unstrung, in her long chair. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am grateful to your good queen for giving us a gentler reception here.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The pig was the boar who'd killed him, Sansa knew, but in some verses it almost sounded as if he were singing about the queen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I begin to see that you put me in the queen’s service not for my own benefit,” I said, “but to be your spy.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There was general merriment over this, and the strapping boy who had played the queen flushed and kicked the shin of the laughing youth next to him. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Still, it wasn’t enough for the king and queen. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "Later, in the Eyrie, she laid the murder at the feet of the queen's brother 'iyrion." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “If we were free,” said Penny, “we could find the queen. Or go search for her, at least.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All the fight went out of him when he heard that his queen had wed, Tyrion realized. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We’ve built the Esther P. Marinoff up like it’s quite the place, like maybe the king and queen of England are sending their kids there too. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am come to hear you tell of all your murders and fornications,” Septa Unella would growl when she shook the queen awake. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I’m worth more if he sells me to his queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her gown was the ivory silk that the queen had given her, the one Arya had ruined, but she'd had them dye it black and you couldn't see the stain at all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I may not be queen for much longer.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z "Send Arya away, she started it, Father, I swear it. I'll be good, you'll see, just let me stay and I promise to be as fine and noble and courteous as the queen." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The old king watched, remote from the queen, though she shared his bed, and he mused. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you want to be stepsister to the queen and make her give you whatever you like?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Too much wine, the queen concluded, though he was doing his best to conceal that. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The horse seems to feel your despair,” the queen said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I would have never had the opportunity to be prom queen if my mom didn’t risk her life to bring us here. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z RiRi ran off to show Minerva, who sat in the cart like a queen on a rickety throne. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z "Well, not exactly checkmate," Theo replied, "but Sandy would have had to resign. I took his queen." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z "The queen shall hear your message my—Your Grace." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then the queen would return the book to its place and wish me good night I would go to my room heavy with guilt yet consumed by curiosity. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z What was I doing out there anyway, trying to be a carnival queen? Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen had gone; that was some small relief, at least. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Father took the king down to the crypts this afternoon. The queen didn't want him to go." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “You said you don’t need gray to be a queen.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I might do the same thing if l was preparing to be queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It was not often that the septa was privileged to instruct a royal princess in the womanly arts, as she had said when the queen brought Myrcella to join them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There she was, waiting for them in the shed, Nefertiti, the beautiful queen of ancient Egypt, like a magical omen, or, as April put it, “a beautiful messenger from out of the ancient past.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “When I spoke to her today, she mentioned how much the Crown Prince likes her. I hope for her sake she was on the queen’s list.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Her hair, her clothes, they were all heavy with the cold water, but she stood quietly, calm and regal as a mermaid queen who had just arrived out of the sea. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a long moment of silence, and then Roscuro said to the queen, “I beg your pardon. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “Yes, but it’s also sort of regal. You know what ‘regal’ “Of course, like king, like queen!” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z "Who would dare to serve such an ill-cooked roast at the future queen's wedding? " he cries. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “Fornication with a queen. His High Holiness says that you confessed to bedding both of them—had you forgotten?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Now I look like some immature drama queen. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z But someday his father would die and then the Prince would be the king and he would have to select a queen to supply an heir for the day of his own death. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z "But you were queen of all the Seven Kingdoms," Sansa said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He puts a hand on the queen's shoulder. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Finally, they settle on a strapless pale yellow gown, a hand-me-down from a glamorous aunt who used to be a beauty queen before she married and had kids. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z His queen, acted by a boy speaking in a high voice, vowed never to remarry, while the king doubted her resolve. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "Lord Baelish has the truth of it, you know. The queen will never permit you to send away her guard." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “As my queen commands. Will you hold court today?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "When will I get to work with the queen?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Five were human—a king and a queen, a child, a pirate or sailor, and a sorceress—the rest animals. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “The queen climbed onto the dragon’s back and flew away,” insisted a tall brown woman. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen’s green eyes were bright, and she smiled at Kaltain. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Right. You could pick out the queen bee. So you can see just fine. But...” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Lady du Burgh,” said Werfel, “you are a wonder. You are the queen of hospitality.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “That was only a joke, Sticky. I’m hardly a queen, you know, and I’m not from England. I was born in a country called Zambia and brought here to Stonetown when I was a child.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I was sure that it was Cristiana who spied on me and told the queen what she saw. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It rose up, a sparkling diamond breeze fit for a queen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Every day we told each other that the dragon queen was coming back.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "If the queen had a role in this or, gods forbid, the king himself . . . no, I will not believe that." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And when the queen goes on vacation, things change. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She had come to Baelor’s Sept a queen, riding in a litter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then, when the next book arrives, sure enough, there’s the queen of hearts bookmark! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Robert might not care a fig for Tyrion Lannister, but it would touch on his pride, and there was no telling what the queen might do. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Britain and France had hereditary nobilities; Britain still has a queen. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z "But what if it can? The queen thinks Sophia will destroy the kingdom. Ruin lives. Is my life not worth the lives of so many others? Don't you think we should find out?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Why doesn't the queen trust her own daughter? The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z His bedchamber was a small cell off the queen’s apartments, originally slave quarters; his furnishings consisted of a bed, a chamber pot, a wardrobe for his clothing, even a chair should he want to sit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She's trying to match a queen of hearts with a queen of clubs. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The queen starts to clap, followed by the rest of the court. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She had been queen of the cabin and the straggly fields and sugar bush up there on the hill. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The queen’s apartments, and his own, occupied the highest step. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I hold my breath until the Beauty Minister finishes reading the queen's title. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It was not uncommon for some desperate, enterprising shebeen queen to throw dirty shoes, tobacco leaves or dirty underwear into the brew to speed up fermentation, so as to sell it before the next raid. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Cleopatra’s open hostility toward King Herod and his suspicion of her ensured that the queen received a somewhat frosty reception in Judea. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z "I would not linger here long, my queen. I mis- like the very smell of this place." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She appointed the eldest child at home to be “king” or “queen” to run the house in her absence and we took it from there, creating court jesters, slaves, musicians, poets, pets, and clowns. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He would make Cleopatra his queen and rule as a god. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “Ha-ha! I’m the queen of the world!” she shouted to the sky. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z All along, she has been the fairy queen in beggar’s clothes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z "When it comes to swords, a queen is only a woman after all." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Dad removed the seats, except the two in front, and in their place he put a queen mattress; then he heaved himself onto it and didn’t move for the rest of the drive. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The queen was dressed as modestly as any matron, in a dark brown gown that buttoned up to her throat and a hooded green mantle that covered her shaved head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He vowed to run away with the beautiful farmer's daughter and return on his eighteenth birthday to free his people from the tyranny of the queen. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “A queen must know the sufferings of her people.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “No, I mean your name—Galadriel. It’s the name of a great queen in a book by a man named Tolkien. But, of course, you know that.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “Pawn to queen bishop four,” responded Collins in a basso prof undo that could be heard across the street. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Everyone rushed to the waterfront to view the magnificent pageantry of the queen’s arrival. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The queen turns her attention back to me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “And the queen takes care of his dead body for a year. And that’s when the god feels sorry for her. So the god brings him back to life.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z If we eat this way every day I will be the size of Illyrio before I meet this dragon queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “No, septa,” the queen was forced to say. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Because of the queen? I'm not afraid of her either." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I suppose I must be thankful for small victories,” the queen said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “All right,” Barb says, bringing me not one but two milk shakes, like the queen she is. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Right, queen,” Jesse mumbled and crawled out of the low entrance of the castle stronghold. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The allegiances shifted: the handmaiden of chromatin was suddenly its queen. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Melisandre turned from him in a swirl of red silk and made her way back to the high table, where King Stannis and his queen were seated. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I smile graciously and nod like I’m already a queen and offer my hand delicately. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This made no sense to Hazel, but the queen nodded. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z That was the only word for the men who rode behind the queen. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She sings under her breath, “I, I will be king, and you, you will be queen,” and Alex almost laughs. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z "The queen wants him, old man, not that it's your concern," the officer said, drawing a ribbon from his belt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Over the queen’s shoulder, I saw Char looking silly with embarrassment. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The queen stepped into Mechtild’s cottage, her leather-shod feet soundless on the earthen floor, the gold strands of her gown reflecting the light. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “And what is it that you fear, sweet queen?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All the king’s men ran to try and rescue the queen. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z "Load your boats and go, if you're going. By order of the queen." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The room becomes a swirl of colors with the queen at the very center. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I made a curtsy like people do for the queen of England, which made August laugh. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother Ermentrude is no queen whom I have pledged to serve. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Lee Wei, the queen who sang “Jolene,” saunters out the back door. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “My father did not send me here to amuse the queen in the bedchamber. You know why we have come.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Yes, but this poison smells and tastes like flowers," I say to the queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When Eleanor was a little girl, she'd thought her mom looked like a queen, like the star of some fairy tale. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “My queen has spoken. The dwarfs will not be harmed.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Let me tell you of the end of a wicked queen and how I made sure she was never seen again. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, on a papyrus dated five years before her death, the queen is referred to as Cleopatra Philopatris, “she who loves her country.” Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “The dragon queen frees slaves and so do I,” he proclaimed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Long live the queen," the crowd shouts out. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “If she doesn’t make carnival queen this year,” Leonard went on smugly, “she’ll never be queen of anything anywhere else for the rest of her life.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z It stars a noble African queen who tries to defend her tribe from advancing slave traders. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z "The queen's not interested in your views, old man, and neither am I," the officer said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She heard the queen say, "Joffrey, go to her." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z For a while, she had ambitions to be queen, but she dispared of it and took another offer. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z As for the queen, she seemed not to know he was there. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z A crowd had gathered around the queen's wheelhouse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Though the queen had let the Astapori starve outside her walls to keep the bloody flux from spreading, it was spreading nonetheless. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The bees poured down the monster's throat like a stream of honey, in pursuit of their queen. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z "Forgive me, my queen, but it is your dragons he dreams of." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Because you saved them, and you saved their queen.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He licked the cake crumbs from his fingers, wiped his hand on a Westing Paper Tea Napkin, and took his opponent's queen from the board. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen motions to the Minister of Law. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "Camellia, the queen has assigned you a personal guard." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “A queen loves where she must, not where she will.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen’s words were courteous enough, though her tone said, It is no more than your duty, and you had best hope these quarters please me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And so they came to see the queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z By the time the old knight returned to the queen’s rooms atop the pyramid, Prince Quentyn’s corpse had been removed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She flips the black queen right back over and studies the remaining cards, trying to finish me once and for all by picking the queen of clubs. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He’d just dug a hole in one of Persephone’s flower beds, which I didn’t figure would make the queen very happy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The meaning hangs in the air between them: a meeting with the queen because he’s the only one still willing. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They take their seats around the long, ornately carved table in the meeting room, awaiting the queen’s arrival in nervous silence. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I wonder if that is why the queen asked what she did; if she thinks I can't handle being the favorite. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Because, to me, Malik and Millie are homecoming/winter formal/spring fling/prom king and queen combined into one. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z My head is buzzing with the headlines about the queen and Auguste. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He didn’t explain her presence to the other bears, or perhaps they had learned about her already; but they made room for ter and treated her with immense courtesy, as if she were a queen. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The queen dug her knife in a little deeper. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I’m serious. She’s such a drama queen, and she kind of proved to me just what kind of friend she is. I don’t miss her.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z "The talk is you and the queen had angry words last night." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Why, there's me, you, the king ... al-though, come to think on it, the king tells the queen much too much, and I'm less than certain about you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It's so strange, knowing that my mother dealt with the same queen every day that I deal with now. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z My favorite, though, is a short Asian queen named Lee Wei. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, there was a large concentration eddying around the Fjerdan queen and her attendants. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Your captain lives to serve his cruel queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Catherine, don’t—” the queen says, but Catherine grabs the heavy curtains with both hands and throws them open. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The queen of the rabbits must not be wed without herfloppy ears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Sword of the Morning had been a Dayne, the queen recalled, but he was long dead. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z William manages to recover his balance and, still holding the dripping queen, he turns around. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The queen believed that kinship would strengthen their bond and ensure Mark Antony’s devotion to her cause. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When the girls had finished picking out their clothes and bathing suits for the pageant, compliments of Ladybird Hope’s pageant-wear line, Harris showed them around, enjoying his role as beauty queen escort. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It doesn’t matter that my speech wasn’t in Quichua, that there’s no way I can be voted queen now. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “We do not fear your red queen or her god. Let her send what spells she will. The prayers of godly men will shield us against evil.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You are a queen. You can do what you like.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But my favorite patriotic song was “En mi viejo San Juan,” in which a poet says good-bye to Old San Juan and calls Puerto Rico a “sea goddess, queen of the coconut groves.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “I cannot stay here long—and neither can you,” said the queen. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When the Thirteens saw they had their coach’s attention, someone else called out: “Who is the queen?” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z "I am very important and have immunity from being jailed by the queen's court. I can risk it." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The life where she was pretty and popular and a beauty queen. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z "This girl's to be your queen," the Imp told Joffrey. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Sansa wanted Joffrey desperately, but she did not think she had the courage to do as the queen was asking. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The queen was too caught up in her revenge to take note of the exchange. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The sight of the silent sisters in their grey robes filled the queen with sudden terrors. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The white man had told the Thembus that their true chief was the great white queen across the ocean and that they were her subjects. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But when the quiet expands and the tea grows cold, my thoughts return to the queen and Princess Charlotte, and Ivy's fears. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A simple example: the conditional probability of having chosen a king card when it’s known that the card is a face card—a king, queen, or jack— is Vs. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened the book, and there it was as a bookmark—the queen of hearts! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z "Madam Minister, let me express my sincerest apologies. Protecting Camellia is my responsibility. I failed you and my queen." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "Poisonings have become more frequent than an assassin's dagger, my dear. The illness of Princess Charlotte makes the queen even more vigilant in taking care of her children." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The queen’s men began to sing a song of praise. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Tina is the queen of the people in my gym class who don't like me." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He scoops the queen mother up in his arms—to my surprise she does not protest—and he starts back along the causeway, toward the bank. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Garlic and chicken and watercress, the same soup that Cook had made the day the queen died. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Only the queen's men had dissented, and then not loudly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "The queen was supposed to stand up after my exhibition, Camille. So I would know. So everyone would know. Maman told me I had to be the favorite. There's no point in being anything else." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The queen’s smile was distant, and the nephew, Hrothulf, picked at the table with a dirty fingernail. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “He would make a monster of me,” she whispered, “a butcher queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That night, when Septa Unella came to wrench her out of sleep, she found the queen waiting on her knees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I looked at the queen hair flippers, but guess what? Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The Story Box felt heavier as I lugged it past them, and when we reached the final statue, the old queen who’d saved us from the bosslings, I swear I saw her wink. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “I can at least take up the food issue with the queen.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I was born a “queen” ’cause Daddy used to be a King Lord. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Dorian and the queen sat in the first pew, a row of guards immediately behind. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Is okay. I like her. Fierce like queen. You have blessing.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Above him, in the dimness, a nine-foot-long queen bee, with multiple eyes and golden fuzz on her abdomen, curls across the ceiling. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Right away, as if I’d been touched with a magic wand, I felt like a queen. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "Ah, but when the queen proclaims one king and the Hand another, whose peace do they protect?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And when she reaches Westeros, and meets you for the first time, you will meet as equals, man and woman, not queen and supplicant. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You have my word, Lord Snow. I will be a proper wildling princess for your queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She shook the queen’s hand, wondering if it was possible to make a friend so fast—especially one who was about to send her to jail. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I learnt it from the queen,” she said, “when I bed a helper in her kitchen.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He did not like the way some of the queen’s knights were looking at the steward, particularly Ser Patrek of King’s Mountain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And so, when the queen sent new clothes, armor for the prince to parcel his heart away safe, the prince’s mother did not stop her. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I’ll bring the coffee to you. I’ve got some dirty stories written by a French queen. They might be too—” “You bring ’em with the coffee,” she said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z How can I be a queen and a dishwasher at the same time? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And so, the next night—it was dark as pitch—I burst the meadhall door, killed men, and stormed directly to the door behind which lay the sleeping queen. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Alexandrians easily recognized their queen and her jovial companion. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z "Keep the king's peace, you say. Is this how you keep my peace, Ned? Seven men are dead . . ." "Eight," the queen corrected. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "But you, Lord Stark ... I think . . . no, I know ... he would not kill you, not even for his queen, and there may lie our salvation." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Borroq is the least of your concerns. This ranging ...” “A word from you might have swayed the queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z This lot, half o’ them would turn you over to the queen quick as spit for a pardon and maybe a few silvers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I like it. Sail west, not east. Leave the little queen to her olives and seat Prince Aegon upon the Iron Throne. The boy has stones, give him that.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She is not to be queen after all. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The councillors and politicians began their procession from the castle, followed by guards surrounding the king and queen. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Tía Mari suggests we entertain ourselves playing cards, but when Mami sorts through the deck, she says, What on earth happened to the queen of hearts? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z ‘No longer do I desire to be a queen,’ she said. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “All I know for certain is that he is the queen’s consort. I want your word on this, or I swear, I shall oppose you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When she got closer, she saw two knights kneeling before the queen, in armor so fine and gorgeous that it made her blink. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They turned all those beautiful golden sculptures into boring Spanish coins and shipped boatloads of them back to the king and queen of Spain, who loved the gold but wanted even more. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The princess turns me away from the queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z As I fixed pearls in her hair and brushed carmine on her pale cheeks, the queen was impassive and did not meet my eye. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I gazed up at my grandmother who sat there like some ancient queen on her throne. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I’m ready to start telling myself a story about the pretzel-eating queen when Ms. Rochambeau takes a seat in the front row of student desks. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The queen had dressed him in some of the king’s old clothes, it appeared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z While I was out of favor, Cristiana slipped into my place and worked her malice on the queen’s mind. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The queen took special notice of me and at one point addressed me directly, but she spoke in Sesotho, a language in which I knew few words. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "I was told Princess Charlotte will wake up any day now. The queen will announce it at the Declaration of Heirs Ceremony, you'll see." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Bertha paraded me around like I was a beauty queen, introducing me to everybody and making on over me and saying how lucky she and Gus were to have me staying with them. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She’d been queen of their little island world, but now she couldn’t speak, couldn’t loop time, couldn’t even fly. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The queen looked like one of her caged animals being whisked off on a conveyor belt. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She is a goddess, a queen, and he is just a miserable puddle of remorse. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The queen had a wide face, perfect for broad smiles. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The queen took a flagon of sweet plum wine from a passing serving girl and filled Sansa's cup. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Pat, a vivacious college beauty queen just two months graduated from Virginia State College, was marrying her college sweetheart, a young army corporal named Walter Kane. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z However, when it came to leaving the queen’s comfortable palace and blissful company, he dragged his feet. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In the Receiving Hall, the queen's court is called together for a presentation of Sophia's possible wedding looks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The queen's eyes remain cold, her face and words formal. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "Your lady mother will no doubt fear for you dread-fully," the queen said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "He speaks most eloquently with his sword, how-ever," the queen said, "and his devotion to our realm is unquestioned." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She looks like a perfect blend of the king and the queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I was a beggar queen and you were Xaro of the Thirteen, Dany thought, and all you wanted were my dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You mean the lady—” “—who just left, yes. Otrera, our first queen, daughter of Ares.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Even though the Kennedys reigned like a king and queen in our country, I saw something in them that appeared normal and everyday. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "You'll be all right without me. Actually I came along in order to meet the queen." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Like how dare I talk to the “queen” like that? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “If the queen were here, I know she would join me in thanking you for all that you have done for us.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Apart from hearing that the queen was powerful, she had heard only that to set foot on her island meant certain death. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She didn’t care to be a queen of society now half so much as she did to be a lovable woman. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Gladly... but if we may beg the queen’s indulgence, is there some place with fewer eyes and ears?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen rubs her daughter's hand and hums a song. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I shall return to the Temple of the Graces and pray for the gods to show my queen the course of wisdom.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The doctor rescued the queen by moving his knight. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z G’ma obviously loved him enough to marry him, and Dad’s always saying, “William, your grandmother is a queen. Never forget it.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z The beauty queen leans into him outside a stereo place that’s blasting, incredibly, “Stop in the Name of Love.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z "You really should have a moon manicure. I'll have my nail attendant do one for you. When I am regent queen, I will mandate it. Even for Belles. Everything about a person should be beautiful." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The queen reaches to her side and lifts an album. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Ash asked, recalling the announcement that the queen had made. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen puts her fingertips gently on the old man’s forehead. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z She wondered if they knew that the queen wanted him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was something written at the feet of the queen. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Each colony is a family unit, comprising a single, egg-laying female or queen and her many sterile daughters called workers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He kissed her hand and said, “Daenerys, my queen, I will gladly wash you from head to heel if that is what I must do to be your king and consort.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They distribute themselves in almost precisely equal parts, half to the departing queen, half to the new one. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "I don't want to be his queen," she heard herself say in a small, thin voice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The queen waves her hand at one of the imperial guards. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “We are done with Eastwatch. We did not like it there. A queen should be mistress beneath her own roof. We found your Cotter Pyke to be an uncouth and unpleasant man, quarrelsome and niggardly.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Lady Isobel reached out and stroked her daughter’s cheek, answering, “No, my dear, you must look like a queen.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I inch down into a bow, waiting for the queen's reaction, and to hide my utter exhaustion. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I want to tell her these things, but they might shatter my image as queen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Z ducked low to get under a fallen beam and hurried down the hall, glancing over his shoulder to make sure the homecoming queen was following. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He wasn’t absolutely certain he could see the full consequences of allowing Byrne to take his queen, but he plunged ahead, nevertheless. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Cathy who is queen of cats has cats and cats and cats. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z "I heard the queen wants to extend royal beauty restrictions to high-house courtiers. All of us might have to settle for a single definitive look," one woman says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Mandy claps, jumps lip and down, and hugs a few of her friends as if she’s just been crowned prom queen in a bad TV movie. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Is that meant to represent my pyramid? the queen wondered. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hera is often called “cow-faced,” as if the adjective had somehow stuck to her through all her changes from a divine cow to the very human queen of heaven. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z This is where the French queen waited for death, praying quietly, grieving the loss of home, husband, children. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z "Never mind understanding," the queen said, her blue eyes patient. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Six queen’s men were wrestling two enormous pinewood poles into holes six other queen’s men had dug out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Somehow the queen's voice cut through the woman's ravaged wits. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Oh, returned with Joffrey, and went straight to the queen." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Cassiopeia, after the vain and arrogant queen of the ancient Greeks who tried to sacrifice her own daughter to the sea gods.’ The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I met the queen of Belgium, Queen Mathilde, who looked young and elegant. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z When the time for swarming comes, and the old queen prepares to leave with her part of the population, it is as though the hive were involved in mitosis. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "There was a raven this morning, a letter for the queen from her lord father. I thought you had best know." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Sparrow, you don’t speak nearly enough to be a drama queen. And the only thing that ever made you feel alive was gone, so it makes sense that you didn’t feel very alive.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. I guess I’m not much of a beauty queen.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He bowed to the queen, but his hand touched his sword hilt as he made ready to spring at any sound or movement outside the cottage. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Would he realize right away that I was no longer hidden in his parents’ closet, using his queen of hearts to mark my place in The Swiss Family Robinson? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “That’s better,” the queen says dutifully, and the king says, as if he couldn’t see well before, “You look healthier today.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z "Look at me, I'm a queen," she argued. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A queen lam, but my throne is made of burned bones, and it rests on quicksand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A fair bargain, Hizdahr said, but the taste it left in the queen’s mouth was foul. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was no ordinary scholar, this man, but the apotheosis of scholars: the most famous personage in Zosma, save the queen and the hierarch, and the most popular, bar none. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Even the nightfire shrank and grew feeble, to the dismay of the queen’s men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen looks me over from head to toe. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "So what is your answer, Lord Eddard? Give me your word that you'll tell the queen what she wants to hear when she comes calling." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The queen put a hand to her chest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Loads more use than the queen, who hasn't said a dickie bird since the war began. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Soon the silver queen would come forth from her city, smash the Yunkai’i, and break their chains, they whispered to one another. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I ask her what to do about Charlotte and the queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Zahra is waiting in the hall with her own bag and a freshly pressed suit of Alex’s, a sensible navy one that she has apparently decided is appropriate for meeting the queen. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The others struggled as they were flung to their deaths, but Nhamo’s beautiful cousin approached the water like a queen. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad calls me his queen, says I am the best thing that happened to him. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The queen approaches, and I'm dizzy all over again. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Sam Westing had deliberately sacrificed his queen and she had fallen for it. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The two of us struggled to drag in the queen mattress and dropped it in the middle of the floor. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z His wound was bleeding afresh where die queen had struck him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I have said too much, Your Grace. I—” “Gracious queen, well met!” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Young Prince Mamillius, the king’s son, had not been resurrected like the queen, or saved like the baby daughter. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “My lady, you are the queen. Why do you read this book in secret?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z This time Mr. Chris let her make the miracle happen herself, and she felt like a fairy queen with a wand as she made the high bubbles fall back and behave themselves. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The term welfare queen became a not-so-subtle code for “lazy, greedy, black ghetto mother.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z "If Essex was the queen's favorite and she chopped his costard off, who kens what she might do to someone she doesn't care for?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A side door opens, and in hobbles the queen with Lady Zurie at her side. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The tattlers and newspapers had released cameo portraits of the queen's sisters and their newborns. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It was in his best interests to establish a stable government in Egypt and a lasting peace with the queen and her people. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The High Septon clutched at the king's cape, and Varys came rushing over waving his arms, and even the queen was saying something to him, but Joffrey shook his head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His heart constricted at the thought of his queen being taken before her time. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Has your Highness seen the Lady Viola tonight?” asked a gallant troubadour of the fairy queen who floated down the hall upon his arm. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, he disgusted the king and he disgusted the queen. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z "Now that you're home safe and sound, I take my leave. I need to report this to the queen and check on Sophia." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The queen had given her freedom of the castle, but even so, he would want to know where she was going if she tried to leave Maegor's Holdfast at this time of night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was thinking back to the day Arya had been found, to the look on the queen's face when she said, We have a wolf, so soft and quiet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I hear their mother is a voodoo queen who goes by Aunt Jo.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z "And now my William and his friends are hunted. Hunted by the king, his knights, and the queen mother. All for trying, and failing, to save a few books." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "I begin to comprehend why the queen fears you so much. Oh, yes I do." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Would I steal from my sweet queen? If it were a gift worthy of you, I would have put it into your soft hands myself.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I am queen over a city built on dust and death. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z So he took Beowulf's hands between his own and blessed and thanked him as the queen had, his voice trembling with sincerity, and gave him twelve jewels—burning stones, the most precious things he owned. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z The guards on the gate were not queen’s men, but they passed her all the same. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "It was indeed a crime most terrible—in the eyes of the king and the queen mother." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The queen's private passageways snake from the piers back into her chambers, which are connected to Charlotte's room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z There's my mom, the queen of the starfish, existing in a tornado of glitter that poisons anything else it touches. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I saw a king and a queen and a itty-bitty princess,” shouted Mig. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Ladybird smiled and waved a stiff hand in a beauty queen salute. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I don't take my eyes off the queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Picking up the cards scattered across the floor, I place the red queen and the black queen together on top of the stack. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As graceful as any queen, with her head high in the air, and her long red tail arched in a perfect rainbow, my little dog walked down the table. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “But not you. Or you would not say such things to a queen.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll tell her the queen watches every night while he wrinkles his nose seven times.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The ancient queen’s hair glittered like a shooting star as she plummeted into Erilea. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z "Why do you think the queen picked her?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The queen rubs her fingers over Charlotte's scalp. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Justice Strauss had on a dreamy expression, as if she were about to be crowned queen, instead of just having some powders and creams smeared on her face. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “Meereen. You’ll ride your dog for the dragon queen and come away with your weight in gold. Best start eating more, so you’ll be nice and plump when you joust before Her Grace.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Which queen were you?” she said aloud, her voice reverberating through the still chamber. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Horatio, I bid you leave us for a time,” the queen said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He met the queen’s party by the stables, accompanied by Satin, Bowen Marsh, and half a dozen guards in long black cloaks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "But I'm not to . . . that would be ... be most unwise, my lord. You are not yet healed, the queen would . . ." The mention of his sister made Tyrion growl. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "The queen will catch you, then. She didn't send gold cloaks after Ben Blackthumbl" "Likely it wasn't even me they wanted." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Have you made a decision about my request, Camellia?" the queen asks as soon as the door closes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I am not well, Ophelia; do not trouble me. As for the queen, I do not know her mind. She is worthy to be a king’s wife; what else should she be?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Maybe this was what a new queen felt like before she launched herself into the air, the drones closing fast. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The statue comes to life, and King Leontes is reunited with both his daughter and queen, who has forgiven him for all the heartache and grief he’d caused their family. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The rest was a tedium the queen knew well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The prince also thought marrying the queen was wrong. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z It sounded small—a girl’s voice, not the voice of a queen and conqueror, nor the glad voice of a new-made bride. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But I’ve been right about where the queen is every time. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, something that was someone. I felt like a queen. Isn’t that funny? Isn’t it silly?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z There is a rounded vaulted chamber for the queen, called the royal cell. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Some would go upstairs to Hazel’s mother to have their fortunes read or to buy charms from Marie Levesque, the famous gris- gris queen. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It's full of speculation about the queen's toilette-box allotments and new beauty laws. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z There is nothing more disappointing than the coolest kid in the whole world turning drama queen on you. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The queen’s long imprisonment was at an end. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His head was swimming, but it would not do to admit to weakness in front of the queen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She is not my queen, he might have said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her ponytail is a long rope at her side, with tiny frizzy curls that blend the color of the king's currant-red and the queen's midnight-black coils. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Crowned queen a year after purchasing the 1546 Amati violins, she introduced to the French court what amounted to a complete lifestyle after the Italian fashion. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Hazel could almost see the gears turning inside the queen’s head, formulating a plan. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And I didn’t know what to say because the help was all around, and so I said, we don’t actually have a royal family here, but Angelita was made into a queen by her father. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “Yes, good ol’ Mom, the queen of good taste, brought a quart milk carton and told him to do his business in it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Eril-Fane was bidding the queen farewell, and the mathematician and natural philosopher were with them, too. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Eventually, it became clear that Spassky could queen a pawn. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “You saw the queen. Is she as beautiful as they say?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I didn’t mean to hurt my queen. I’m sorry.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And because the rat fell into the queen’s soup, the queen died, you can see, can’t you, how everything is related to everything else? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z His queen was the Mother of Dragons; he would not allow her children to come to harm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “If there’s no space in the hive, the old queen lays some eggs, which are then fed something called royal jelly so that they grow into new queens,” Mel said. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z All it would take was a word in the queen’s ear, and Patchface would feed her fires. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was only a sellsword, no fit consort for a queen, and yet... A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I drew the line in fifth grade when my mom sent me to school as the modern-day queen of England in her old yellow suit with my hair curled up high and sprayed white. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She was a former homecoming queen from Kansas— Miss Agriculture, Kansas State. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If the queen were smarter, she would probably be hopelessly neurotic. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “But in chess there is such a thing as pawn promotion, where a pawn can become a queen. Bobby-san is my king and I will become his queen.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "All we have is conjecture. This is the queen's beloved brother we mean to accuse. She will not take it kindly. We must have proof, or forever keep silenf." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "The king and the queen mother are coming here," Marmeluc goes on. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Lommy and the other orphans all treated the Bull like someone special now because the queen wanted his head, though he would have none of it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Now, oddly enough, speaking Quichua is what I need most to have a chance at being queen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At Elsinore I knew my role as one of the queen’s ladies. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He had to listen, he loved her, even the queen said so. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Camellia, my mother's summoned me. And when the queen calls"—she sighs—"I can't ignore her, as much as I might want to." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z More welcome than this queen, if truth be told. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The only males were the drones who sat around waiting to mate with the queen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One young man who made dolls for tourists wanted to make indi'gena queen dolls, and he took my picture to use as a model. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "The queen ... no, I will not believe that, not even of Cersei. She asked him not to fight!" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Until he says, “If. I. Were. Aquaman. I. Would. Summon. The piranhas. To take you away. You could be their queen.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z When I’m done with each book, I give it back to Tía Mari with the queen of hearts card back in it. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The queen remembered the Maid of Tarth, a huge, ugly, shambling thing who dressed in man’s mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Grandma Rose finally finds the queen of clubs, matches all four queens, and ends this game. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Let's just see who can be the queen of quiet, I thought. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “Aztec queen, Tonantzin, Holy Mother of all mankind, give us your magical assistance! Make this witch tell the truth so we can get to Abuelita’s house!” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Mom’s just said, “To my queen—at 15” in calligraphy. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I’d learned enough beekeeping to know that a hive without a queen was a death sentence for the bees. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen watched his face, wary as a cat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She will not have abandoned us, she would never leave her people, he was telling himself, when he heard the prince’s death rattle coming from the queen’s apartments. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At seven in the evening, still dressed as the queen, she received him in bed. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She wasn’t a victim or a snob, a pageant queen or an athlete, a scholar or a saint or any of the other things I’d labeled her over the past few months. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z But the queen remained as dull as a stone. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z If the queen did not think her eldest son was fit for the crown, she could pass it to another child, or even to a nephew or cousin. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The hobgoblin king had fled into the night with his queen, leaving his wrought iron crown to clatter to the ground. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “We must make a funeral wreath for the queen.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z She didn’t look like a beauty queen at all—she looked worn out. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And you could see a once, not only from her crown and robes, but from the flash of her eyes and the curve of her lips, that she was a great queen. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z And what a queen if l am the man! Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “You have disappointed the queen by not returning with the herbs, and now she has me to thank for the fragrance in her chamber.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I had been my father’s rowdy daughter, then the queen’s favored lady-in-waiting. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I shouted in my haste to catch the king and queen. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I wished I could go with them, but even more than curly fries and a look at the beauty queen carved life-sized in butter, I needed to work a few lawns today. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen circles their faces with her fingers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Then Evelyn emerges into the lobby, her posture regal, like a queen returning to her kingdom. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z "My daughter has an unnatural fondness for animals," the queen says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I'm expecting her to say be president, or an astronaut, or a film star, or a billionaire CEO, or the queen of a tropical isle. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The witches were democratic, up to a point; every witch, even the youngest, had the right to speak, but only their queen had the power to decide. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Cook’s love and admiration for the queen and her palate moved the broth that she concocted from the level of mere food to a high art. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z "Where would I go? Back home? And even if I did, the queen would just bring one of my sisters to court to try to help Charlotte. I have to find another way." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Whether this was true or not, I was prepared to believe that teachers would stuff the ballot box to keep me from being queen. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z They tended die queen’s wardrobe, drew her bath, poured her wine, changed her bedclothes of a morning. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Well he was the king of the frontier," she said, then, pointing at her chest, added, "and I'm the queen of King's Court. I'm Davy Crockett the fourth, his great-great-granddaughter." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The queen had not known that the eunuchs had a goddess of their own. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Huddled beneath her ermine mantle and surrounded by her ladies, serving girls, and knights, the southron queen seemed a frail, pale, shrunken thing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “They want Lois Carson to be queen. I heard them say so.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Who elected her queen of the poets anyway? The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z "He's not . . please, he hasn't been . . . hurt, or . . . or . . ." "Lord Eddard has not been harmed," the queen said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The queen Jerked on her reins and wheeled her palfrey around. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In both, royal family trees formed an intricate network across national boundaries, but in Mixteca the queen's lands stayed in her line—the king's heir wasn’t necessarily the queen’s heir. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z If I had unhorsed Rhaegar and crowned Ashara queen of love and beauty, might she have looked to me instead of Stark? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The direwolf took it from her hand, as delicate as a queen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I simmered as the thief rubbed the queen with his dirty fingers. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time I was filled with awe and with a startled wonder at the notion that this girl, this orphan, could become such a queen. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z His continued presence, even after Daenerys had given herself to another before the eyes of gods and men, would provoke any husband, and Quentyn no longer had the queen to shield him from Hizdahr’s wroth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z You, though... several of my best are locked up in the queen’s dungeons thanks to that lying tongue of yours, and I doubt that you can even cook.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Each morning, from her western ramparts, the queen would count the sails on Slaver’s Bay. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I'm afraid to take my eyes off the queen, as if this whole moment might disappear. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Upstairs, in the banquet hall, the Princess Pea spotted him and called out the word “rat,” and because of this Roscuro fell into the queen’s soup. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z "Then why does the queen think I can help?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A footman opened the carriage door and, when the queen appeared in it, Master Ellemire, head of the Scholars’ Guild and director of the Great Library, took her hand and helped her down. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Once the poison is gone, you will not see me. You will not see the demons,” said the queen, sketching marks on Celaena’s brow. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The masked queen said, “Yes, a story — a hunting story!” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “As our queen commands. But any of you who would like to hear more about Gaea, and our glorious future with her, come with me!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Keep them back. Everyone, but especially the queen’s men.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "If the queen has any sense, she'll accept my terms. If not, I'll make her rue the day she refused me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "She cannot be queen. What is your answer? Will you help Charlotte now? The Declaration Ceremony is coming swiftly in three days' time." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z All the talk had been of the gold and gems and slaves that would flood into Volantis once the dragon queen was dead. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Over the bed flows one of those decorative mosquito nets fit for a queen, but here, it seems to be keeping disease in rather than out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z "Yes, Your Highness. I know you will be queen." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Now comes the Spotted Cat. See how he moves, my queen. A poem on two feet.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I’m a messenger. I need to see the queen.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Even if we could have carried the deceit off successfully at the Globe, we dared not risk it under the very nose of the queen. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Melisandre was gone, he realized, and so were the queen’s knights. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I crave the way the queen looked at me—her eyes full of admiration and confidence. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Now who’s the best-looking person in the family, eh? I hope you enjoyed your week of being the pretty one, ’cause the queen is back, baby. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Useless had learned how to be an nganga from the water spirit. He became a great chief, and his mother, who had been mistreated by everyone, was treated like a queen from then on.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z No, Asha thought, I am no queen, nor shall I ever be. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The details of a proper toilette ritual for a queen and princess took weeks and weeks of studying and endless days of exams from Du Barry. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The silence in the room is total, except for the sound of the queen’s teaspoon scraping circular motions in the bottom of her teacup. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Ser Barristan had asked some of the queen’s cupbearers to help, but the sight of the burned man was too much for even the boldest of them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “How are you recovering?” the queen asked, leaning against the side of her own sarcophagus. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “You already have more sons than you need,” the queen laughed lightly. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z All this occupied what had been the royal palace before the current queen’s grandfather built a finer one straddling the Eder and gifted this one to the Scholars’ Guild. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I knew I should not contradict the queen, but how else should she know I was grateful for the virtues she had taught me? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Weary creases ring the queen's eyes, and sadness slopes her shoulders forward over the sleeping princess. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I cannot protect you,” whispered the queen, her skin glowing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The queen’s eyes gleamed—the way Hannibal the elephant’s did whenever he was unleashed to destroy a fortress. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Anyone else would have been expelled, but he had the queen’s favor, and so the old guard had no choice but to stand aside and let him do his own work in his own way. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Wait, please, you have to drink this! Your queen had me make it for you!” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z "Yes. But if I'm not to be queen, what will become of me?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She looked better with a little mud—less like a beauty queen and more like an actual get-your-hands-dirty kind of person. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The queen's light snores and wheezes fill the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Once she had loved Prince joffrey with all her heart, and admired and trusted his mother, the queen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Finally, the bet reached John, who had a queen showing; he raised everybody. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have heard it said that the silver queen feeds them with the flesh of infants while she herself bathes in the blood of virgin girls and takes a different lover every night.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "I will outlaw bad moods—especially for my official ladies-of-honor—when I am queen." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “A prince does well to think before he acts. This king ... I do not know what to think of him. The queen warned me against him as well, true, but...” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Now the queen reached the storeroom door and halted. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He glanced at die dead men on their stakes, smiled, and went off to join Ser Godry and the other queen’s men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I could imagine that anyone who studied there would get an education fit for a king—or in my case, a queen. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z What is she, the queen of the frickin’ universe or something? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Now as the Dawn appeared all stitched in gold, the queen’s cry reached Odysseus at his waking, so that he wondered, half asleep: it seemed she knew him, and stood near him! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, Cleopatra performed all of the duties of a queen, of a commander, and of a conqueror. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “But this queen is not ready to die.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The Declaration of Heirs Ceremony has been postponed until both the queen and the princess can be prepared by the favorite. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Above our heads, gulls wheel and cry, unaware that the queen mother nearly drowned just a dozen yards below. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z We're going to pack out every performance, because that African queen is going to be heard. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Lord of Light, protect us," the queen’s men prayed, “and keep this savage dark at bay." A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “They think I live the life of a queen, Eliot.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Her true role is less that of a queen than mother of the hive, a title often accorded to her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “The alliance is to be sealed by a marriage, it says. In return for Dome’s help overthrowing die Usurper, my brother Viserys is to take Prince Doran’s daughter Arianne for his queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Maybe if I had been successful in changing her manner, her mother would trust her to be queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z That was the only way the queen had to know what might be happening in the city. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "A man in your place should count himself fortunate that his head is still on his shoulders," the queen declared. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Which was why the queen was crying when we came, Pinmei realized. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z What would they do if this child queen bestowed it on them? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Clearly she doesn’t, but it’s as if she’s the queen of this place. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The queen had warned her; no matter what she felt inside, the face she showed the world must look distraught. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "The night's first traitors," the queen said, "but not the last, I fear. Have Ser Ilyn see to them, and put their heads on pikes outside the stables as a warning." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “No, I know that smile. It is a cruel queen who dices with men’s hearts. Humble merchants like myself are no more than stones beneath your jeweled sandals.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen wore a gown of sea-green silk, trimmed with Myrish lace as pale as foam. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I have brought another gift for the queen of my heart,” Xaro announced. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was a little stiff, but then, she was a queen. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The queen is the most powerful and can travel in a straight line in any direction. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Julia and Sander tried to cheer me, but the only thing that might have done the trick was to hear that the queen had changed her mind and would have the Lord Admiral's men instead. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z "I will leave you here, Camellia, to get acquainted and witness the toilette ritual that only befits a princess and future queen. I'll see you later this evening for the royal games and banquet." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Woolworth’s? They don’t serve meals fit for a pageant queen. Let me take you to my favorite spot.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The queen herself had said I would make a name for myself. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I want to keep my lives separate—Virginia the poor indigena in Yana Urku, Virginia the rich indigena at queen rehearsals; Virginia the dishwasher at the hotel, Virginia the star student at school. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "You disappoint me, Sansa," the queen said, with eyes gone hard as stones. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Huntsman said, “The hand that took Elowen’s life is the only hand that can bring life to our queen.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Should she take it to the queen to prove that she was being good? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If Lord Eddard was killed, she would be as much to blame as the queen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Suitors of our distinguished queen,” he said, “hear what my heart would have me say. comes with a certain aura of divinity into Odysseus’ hall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The French had tired of a greedy queen who ate cake. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z That the new queen was in fact a witch, that his grandfather had suspected it to be true when he married her, but that he had overlooked it because of her beauty. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z They’ll definitely have to keep it up at least until the election is over, and even then, there’s the always looming possibility of the queen outright forbidding it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Servants and nurses curtsy to the queen as they scurry around as quietly as mice. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Despite all the queen had done, the sickness had spread, both within the city walls and without. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I had thought there might be some solidarity between Grandma and the other gender-benders until the day I heard him being hectored by a new queen, who was getting lots of attention in the block. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But by the time the bell rings, we have a pretty good-looking cast of our dead queen. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Didn’t know whether it was a soldier, a drone, or the queen. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z "I need you to find the queen's Belle, Arabella. Tell her to come to me." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “My queen, these demigods—” The queen shot to her feet. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I made an appointment with the queen, the regent’s wife, and put my case to her. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked over her shoulder, to where the queen still stood, watching her with those sad eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She was a Stark of Winterfell, a noble lady, and someday she would be a queen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On the village green, the queen’s men built their pyre. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her blood still marked him as he looked down at the queen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z That would be a pretty trick, even for a queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Striking the queen mother dead with his bare hands would not advance their cause. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I haven't been paying attention to the cards, so my first flip reveals the queen of hearts again. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His father helped her up the steps to the dais and led her to her seat, but the queen never so much as looked at him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Urvashi was, like, a heavenly nymph queen, and Hanuman, who was the son of the god of the wind, was a powerful demigod. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “The black beast came once, why not again? This time with our queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The queen has offered a lordship to the man who brings her your head, no matter how humble his birth.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But one card had been turned over: the queen of hearts! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z It was the only time I had heard the king and queen disagree. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z By the spring of that year, when it came time to elect the annual carnival queen from the graduating seniors, my homeroom chose me. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, me too. I think that’s my favorite hair. A drag queen out in Odessa styled that wig for me. Took him a week to get it just right.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She was a pirate queen, and pirate queens had more important things to do. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z "The queen gave me the strongwine! Your own father Lord lywin, when I was named the king's squire, he told me to obey her in everything." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I have to admit, I do like the idea of being a queen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "I am greatly honored, my queen," he said; not in the tongue of the Summer Isles, which Dany did not know, but in the liquid Valyrian of the Nine Free Cities. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The king and queen nod at Du Barry. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They were cut in the shape of teardrops, as if the queen were weeping blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Jamie and the remaining scribes are painting the story of our queen. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Yet now he was smiling through his ragged salt-streaked beard in a way that the queen could scarce remember. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He speaks more gently than Joffrey, she thought, but the queen spoke to me gently too. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Do remind her to dress nicely today. The grey velvet, perhaps. We are all invited to ride with the queen and Princess Myrcella in the royal wheelhouse, and we must look our best." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I might have impressed the king, but the queen still hated me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The queen had always been so kind to her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Be she princess, Overlander, be she? Be she queen, be she?” asked the leader, dipping its head in slavish devotion. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I devised an alternative plan, and told her that I preferred to marry a girl who was a relative of the queen’s, whom I found desirable as a prospective partner. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had prom-ised herself she would be a lady, gentle as the queen and as strong as her mother, the Lady Catelyn, but all of a sudden she was scared again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The queen stretches out the syllables of her name. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "Ranee" means queen, and right now she's reminding me of one. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She was the queen of the Hollows, and here she was deigning to waste a few of her precious words on me, a kid from Valedale? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Deliver you,” the knight said, “to the queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When he did choose to make a ruling, though, not even his queen mother could sway him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His dusky woman was enough to satisfy his appetites until he could reach Meereen and claim his queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Pray excuse me, my queen. I find I am very tired." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The queen turned her sharp gaze on me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Clearly Cleopatra intended to rule Rome as its queen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z No queen could expect to rule again after that. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The queen your mother was always mindful of her duty.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I adjust the eyescope lens, and squint to see the king, the queen, and their daughter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s comical explanation of his shortcomings amused the queen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Rani pauses for a second, then leaps up and glares at the men as if she's their queen. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The queen was coming to the Great Library. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z "Mother says she wanted the whole court to preview our new line of scents, just in time for the queen's presentation of toilette-box allotments for the new year." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z At that moment, Cleopatra’s secretary arrived and told Mark Antony that the queen was still alive. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Three of the queen’s ladies sat together, attended by their serving maids and a dozen admiring men of the Night’s Watch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Night or day, whenever the queen closed her eyes to sleep, one of her captors would appear to wake her and demand that she confess her sins. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "This is absurd," the queen said at last. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the end, I polled 7,199 votes and lost to the daughter of the queen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "To the . . . my queen, no, hear me . . ." "Do as I say." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I know about queen ants, and about the female praying mantises eating the males. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They never saw me for a queen, she thought bitterly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Rows of corn stood at attention as the Cadillac ambled past, like a chariot returning with the land’s king and queen. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She had been “Little Miss Magnolia” of Aurora County when she was six years old, and she was the most beautiful homecoming queen Snapfinger High School had ever seen—folks still said so. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I was ashamed that I had charged the queen, my mistress, with so many faults. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There was something calming and familiar about the queen’s face, something that reminded Celaena of the rose smell. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Between this hate queen and the giant chasing him, he had no idea what to do. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The queen’s face moves through a series of expressions, settling on a terse frown, as if she’s found something unsightly on the bottom of one of her kitten heels. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The queen touched his hand where her ring still blazed on his finger. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen pulled face of the eunuch's touch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She pulls it into her lap, removes a parchment scroll, and breaks the queen's seal. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Columbus reported to his king and queen that the world was round, and he went down in history as the man who first made this discovery. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z But the rest of the queen’s men were conspicuous in their absence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The queen’s men are saying that the King-Beyond-the-Wall died craven. That he cried for mercy and denied he was a king.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen glanced at Ghost suspiciously, then raised her head to Jon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen was vulnerable on the quell board with no pawns to protect her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z "You mean the palace? Where the queen lives?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Why had he been in the queen’s chamber, spying on her and Hamlet? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Mom’s queen mattress, box spring, and headboard are resting against the wall beside the front door. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The queen tells her, “Promise me you won’t hurt my daughter.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z That night the queen was moved to a larger cell two floors down, with a window she could actually look out of and warm, soft blankets for her bed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z What the king and queen did was soon copied. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z She laid down a ten, a jack, and a queen of hearts. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “His Grace is in good health,” said Septa Scolera, “and well protected, day and night. The queen is with him, always.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “What hour is it? Is there news of my sweet queen?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Then the queen and her son are alike in their passions,” I said, “for Gertrude’s grief exceeds all bounds. I fear her health is in danger.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And just as he had loved the queen with the whole of his heart, so, too, he loved his daughter with the whole of it, even more than the whole. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z "The queen is tired. See her to her bedchamber." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In its gloom they saw a woman like a mountain crag, the queen— and loathed the sight of her. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z ForAerys and his queen, for Elia of Dome and her little daughter, for every true man and honest woman in the Seven Kingdoms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen was framing her response when she heard a step behind her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The rest of Meereen might see him as an amusing curiosity, like the exiled Summer Islander King Robert used to keep at King’s Landing, but the queen had always spoken to him gently. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen's court and ministers look on from plush high-backed chairs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Had the queen looked more closely, she would have seen that I was in fact too big to ride on my father’s shoulders. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She never would have been mistaken for a queen. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Overlooked by my family, forgotten by Hamlet, and ignored by the queen, I felt as lonely as a leper. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "Thank you for reminding me that I will never be queen on account of my sister," Sophia snaps, her voice booming. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A single-file army of ants biting a mammoth tree into uniform grains and hauling it down to the dark for their ravenous queen. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen had asked after him a hundred times, but her captors , would not speak of him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was more interested in the pair that came behind him: the queen's brothers, the Lannisters of easterly Rock. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He stepped forward, and the white queen pounced. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Magic? said the fairy queen placidly, “is all about how you see things? How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “You must dress for your evening with the queen.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was dark and damp, but there was no evidence there to suggest that the queen had died. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z One did not say no to the queen's brother, of course, so that had settled the matter, but Stark had not been happy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I lied, sweet queen. It was a thousand. But never once a dragon.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In my imagination he answered me, naming the flower, saying it was the queen’s favorite and that he'd be happy to give me seeds. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Hizdahr is my queen s consort, however little I may like it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Katherine sweeps out of the office like a queen leaving court. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Oh. I didn’t mean it like that. I just meant that you don’t seem like the typical beauty queen type.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “My mother was a baton twirler and a beauty queen,” said Beverly. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Then Finn lay down in blood, bold king with all his company, and the queen was taken; and, loaded with rings King Finn could not refuse, the Danes sailed home. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Periodically, the queen releases a new portrait of her—sleeping soundly in a four-poster bed—to assure the kingdom that their heir is still alive. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We stood until the king and queen were seated on the dais. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The woman dressed as a queen smiled at her and asked, “Are you hungry?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z King’s men, queen’s men, it did not seem to matter; a few black brothers had tried the same thing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She pointed at a picture of a beautiful girl with a prom queen smile. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “I heard,” said the queen under her breath, “that there’s a young lady, but no one knows who! Or at least when they hear her name, it’s nothing familiar. Do you know her?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “We were told these beasts are smaller than the queen’s monster.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z What I meant was: Oh my God, stop being such a drama queen. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The queen studied the wives, daughters, and mothers who filled the benches. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But as it happened, Lexie and Trip were so involved in a spirited argument over which guest had better hair, the drag queen or his embittered ex-wife, that no one heard the commercials. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Jaime Lannister had been allowed no razor since the night he was taken in the Whispering Wood, and a shaggy beard covered his face, once so like the queen's. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The capitol building sprawled gray concrete like a regal queen spreading out her petticoats, and its giant dome glittered pure gold in the morning sun. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z She was fully as large as the She Elephant, but where the queen of the vlei people had been coarse, this woman was dignified. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, she incorporated a mechanical beauty queen wave, which exploded into a motion where she seemed to pull herself up by an invisible string. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “They have sounded the retreat!” the brave queen cried. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z It was not often that the septa was privileged to instruct a royal princess in the womanly arts, as she had said when the queen brought Myrcella to join them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In their midst, watching and laughing with his young queen by his side, sat a ghost in a golden crown. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She held herself as still as a queen on a quell board, her eyes cut as narrow as the heat pits on a viper, and watched them come. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “How little you know of men, and of the queen, your mistress!”she said, as if she were privy to some deeper knowledge. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "I never did nothing to no queen," he said angrily. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But now, thanks to Rae, cold-shouldering queen of thieves, I’m staring at a painful reminder of everything I wanted to forget. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z However, the image of Octavian’s monster did not match the regal, grieving queen, deeply mourning the loss of her great love—a man toward whom many Romans still felt strong loyalty and affection. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z We also went to the computer lab, where we learned about 3D printing, including that the queen’s costume in the movie Black Panther was mostly 3D printed! Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The Beauty Minister tells royal listeners what criteria the ministers and the queen used to choose the favorite this season: disciplined, dutiful, responsible. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z If the queen approved of her...Kaltain could scarcely think as the queen nestled into her throne, then clapped her hands twice. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And she was the queen, able to move in all directions, relentless in her pursuit, always able to find my weakest spots. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In the story everyone except Scheherazade is a shame for their family, but the queen is especially shameful because she’s an oath breaker. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The queen raised a hand and beckoned, never waiting for a reply. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The queen’s men had made it from the trees of the haunted forest, from saplings and supple branches, pine boughs sticky with sap, and the bone-white fingers of the weirwoods. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Festooned like an Austrian queen, she wore a moth-eaten velvet dress and petticoats of yellow taffeta. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Once she was queen, she could persuade Joff to bring Father back and grant him a pardon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was a long shot, but I was the queen of long shots. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Around her waist glittered a cord of gold Labyrinthine links - the belt of the Amazon queen. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Circe’s island was a safe place for Reyna and me,” the queen continued. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Your mother is a queen among women,” Poseidon said wistfully. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A queen belongs not to herself but to her people. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My basket was filled with garlands and herbs I had chosen with care for the king and queen. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z If the queen had commanded me to protect Hizdahr, I would have had no choice but to obey. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Daario might whisper words of love when the two of them were as one, but she knew it was the dragon queen he loved. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My niece Myrcella is in Dome, as it happens. And I have half a mind to make her a queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Aztec queen, Tonantzin, Holy Mother of all mankind, lend me your magical assistance!” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z This time, instead of writing Hallo!, he addressed me as “the queen,” which was so funny! I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “The queen noted you. Go, dance some more.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Only a short time after becoming queen, Cleopatra took part in the installation of the Buchis bull—one of the divine animals worshipped by the Egyptians. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z "I know, that's all that need concern you. I also know that on the morrow the queen will pay you a visit." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z You presume too much, priestess, the queen thought, but she swallowed her anger and made herself smile. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes the village felt like a kingdom with Sitti as the queen. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z And when the meat course was brought out, he served her himself, slicing a queen's portion from the joint, smiling as he laid it on her plate. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Your grandmother was the Keeper of the Forest,” said the fairy queen, who wore a crown of clover and sat upon a throne of holly leaves. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I wonder what Maman would do: risk her arcana to help her country and queen, or refuse. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Daily she repeated this rule for me: “A lady must always aim to please—first, the queen she serves, and second, the man she will marry.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z In her beautiful gown, her bun perfectly made—she looked like a queen. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z She waved a gloved hand at me like she was the beauty queen of the garden club. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I told him of the queen's vow to keep my escape a secret. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The delicacies and delights the queen ordered included a basket of figs. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It always started with the itch, and the beauty queen stifled a small cry. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Later that night they passed a harp—not the old Shaper’s instrument, no one touched that—and the queen’s brother sang. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z One question repeats over and over in my head: What does the queen want with me? The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z By the time the queen approached, my dry lips were stuck so fast to my teeth that I feared if I pressed my mouth to her hand, I would draw blood. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The Shaper’s lies, the hero’s self-delusion, now this: the idea of a queen! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z An offering of blood and fire, the queen’s men called it, that the Lord of Light may turn his fiery eye upon us and melt these thrice-cursed snows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Bill rattled them and rolled, and there were three kings, an ace, and a queen. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z It was just there, the queen recalled, gazing at the spot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Blackberry, the chicken that Ben gave me, is queen of the coop, and I’ll show Ben her, too. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z "Ivy and I have an important meeting with the queen." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She knew what Mrs. Mirabov would say: “Comrade Singh, you must train yourself to be without. Being beauty queen is like being marine, only harder. Marines do not fight in four-inch heels.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Of course, I survived and prospered. I have risen to be queen of the Amazons. So perhaps I should thank you.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Eight Luftwaffe men, none of whom will survive the hour, singing a love song to their queen. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Drama queen? It doesn’t seem like he’s after you. And anyway, he doesn’t seem so bad now.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z In answer the witch queen kissed him on both cheeks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z There’s a special book that tells what happened when an evil man named Haman tried to kill off all the Jews in Persia—even the Persian queen, a young Jewish woman named Esther. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The Great Pyramid shouldered eight hundred feet into the sky, from its huge square base to the lofty apex where the queen kept her private chambers, surrounded by greenery and fragrant pools. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "He is only a mouse!" cried the king in disdain, while the queen screamed and ran from the throne room in fear. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Come morning, the queen felt almost like herself again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Then I should be most glad to bring His Grace's message to the queen." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I knew they couldn’t put me up onstage like the queen of the boycott, but after what I had done, why did they have to turn their backs on me? Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z "Be seated," the queen said when she had taken her place on the dais, "and be welcome." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "The queen's brothers are also in the party," she told' him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Stone-faced, he told the knight that they required audience with the queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The queen has told me much and more of your beauty.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “If you the queen, then I’m a princess, so that’s OK with me,” Biddy say. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Before it came, he must make certain that at least a few of his lads were ready to take his place at the queen’s side. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Did you see how quickly she followed orders? How she didn't question me? They were supposed to teach you that. Du Barry was supposed to teach you to have reverence and respect for your queen." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She says, I am the great great grand cousin of the queen of France. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She held her chin high, as a queen should, and her escort Canned out ahead of her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Why should they seek to harm my queen when she has taken me for her king and consort? Now help that man, as my sweet queen has commanded.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was my national anthem, and I was about to meet the queen. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Armed and armored, the old knight waited, sitting in the gloom of his small chamber adjoining the queen’s apartments. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “If you aren’t the most gifted person ever to have taken Mr. Benedict’s tests, I’m the queen of England.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The African Americans who come to our meetings are the ones who write poems about Mother Africa and think every African is a Nubian queen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The queen’s blazing, glacier-blue eyes were as ethereal as her lovely face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The queen put her hand on Hrothgar’s bare shoulder as he slept and looked at him thoughtfully, exactly as Hrothgar had looked at her and at his people. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z "The same age as Bran. Please, Ned, guard your tongue. The Lan-nister woman is our queen, and her pride is said to grow with every passing year." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On the last night of her imprisonment, the queen could not sleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her sister was a queen, why not her? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “We have to make sure the queen has plenty of room to lay her eggs, or else we’ll get a swarm,” she said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes turned to Penelope with desire to make her lord, her husband, known—in vain, because Athena had bemused the queen, so that she took no notice, paid no heed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Princess Shireen gave a shriek, and three of the queen’s knights gasped in harmony. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Two queen’s men stood shivering on the steps, their hands tucked up into their armpits and their spears leaning against the door. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was my pathetic look and pleading voice that stirred the queen’s mercy, for she called to Hamlet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The subjects stormed the queen's castle with such fury that the stones of its very walls tumbled. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z There were, to be sure, some who, while admitting she was pleasing enough, were withholding judgment as to her quality as a queen. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “We can entertain hypotheticals, but the fact of the matter is that anything but maintaining the royal image is out of the question,” the queen says, setting down her teacup. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “If I can’t go as a queen, I suppose this will have to do.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “The silver queen is gone,” the ketch’s master told him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It would show her that I am not only a star student with friends who love me but also a queen, a real, live queen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen had her hand on Joffrey's shoulder. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "May I express my sincerest apologies for the illness of your mother, our queen," I say with a bow, and kiss two fingers to place at my heart. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z That was the night that Asha first heard the queen’s men muttering about a sacrifice—an offering to their red god, so he might end the storm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I’m trying to get all my homework done today, because tomorrow morning is the big procession, the culmination of all the queen events, when I’ll be paraded through the city with Luz and Elsa. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The cobbles underfoot were filthy, and there was so little space that the queen could not even walk around the puddles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “We will take you to your meeting with our queen.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A girl might spend her life at play, but she was a woman grown, a queen, a wife, a mother to thousands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “What befell the rest of your party?” the queen asked. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "And, Grandma, I have to tell you: I didn't get the part of queen either." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z "We'd rather not turn this into a scandal," the queen says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "We're so happy the queen placed you here. Though my sister says you're a handful, with a naughty temperament. But you have the sweetest face. I don't believe her. She can be so fussy." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I flash them all my best smile and walk over to the queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She bowed her head to the queen, the light of the chandeliers making her mask glisten, and then strode off the dais. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Our queen is the embodiment of our land. It has been this way since the dawn of time, and it will be so until our last queen dies.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “I am queen and you gotta do what I say,” Stella declared, folding her arms across her chest. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The rumors of the queen’s witchery had been circulating long enough, and the young prince was so beloved of the people, that it took very little for them to see the obvious truth. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z She was queen of the popular crowd and I, well, I had Ivette. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z There was the king, queen, rook, bishop, knight... The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z No, it had been the queen who poisoned him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On her left sat Lee Scoresby, and on her right, a visitor: the queen of the Latvian witches, whose name was Ruta Skadi. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not look behind me at the castle where I had been brought up to be a lady, favored by a queen, courted by a prince, and then betrayed by him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z This time I turned a queen and beat him. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z How beautiful, the queen tried to tell herself, but inside her was some foolish little girl who could not help but look about for Daario. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Jeanne indicated the queen mother with a finger and whispered to Jacob, “She scares me.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The gold spoons on the table and the jingle bells on the juggler’s cap, the strings on the minstrels’ guitars and the crowns on the king’s and the queen’s heads. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The doors open, and the royal family emerges: the king, queen, and princess. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z —Appian According to legend, Mark Antony hosted a magnificent feast for Cleopatra and waited for praise from Egypt’s powerful queen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z But what if Byrne, in capturing Bobby’s queen, wound up in a weakened position that left him less able to attack the rest of Bobby’s forces and less able to protect his own? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Only the little scribe Missandei seemed to share the queen’s misgivings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen wore a high-collared black silk gown, with a hundred dark red rubies sewn into her bodice, covering her from neck to bosom. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “These are for you, Abbey. It’s only fair, since your brother got the queen’s coin.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The red damask walls of the queen's tea salon display her royal emblem—a six-pointed crown with a glittering ruby and chrysanthemum in the center. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I do not have your courage, Ophelia, though I am a queen.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Their antennae were plumes fit to fan a tiny queen, their bodies like willow buds: compact, furred, marvelous. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Soon Hylla and Hazel were alone except for the queen’s personal guards. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Beyond the stables, the ground level of the Great Pyramid became a labyrinth, but Quentyn Martell had been through here with the queen, and he remembered the way. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There’s nothing that wasn’t laid out in there: Henry being gay, Bea going to rehab, the queen tacitly keeping Henry in the closet. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z After four years in the queen’s household, I had learned the art of being a lady. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Grandma Rose could play an African queen just fine. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The queen had to find another defender or today’s ordeal would be the least of her travails. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Or is she content to take me at face value, a cardboard cutout queen? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "No, my queen. I have never traveled this far east." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Without the queen to protect him, he takes a great risk coming here. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She escaped from the palace and joined forces with Achillas, declaring she was the queen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The queen's desperate voice is a sharp memory alongside Maman's dream advice. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z One greybeard took the weir- wood branch they handed him and used it as a weapon, laying about with it until the queen’s men converged on him with spears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Noooo ... gentle queen, such savagery would bring down the ire of the gods. We will find the murderers, I promise you, and when we do they will prove to be basebom filth, you shall see.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After the play, we were presented to the queen and her court, and I was compelled to be Widge again. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z When he was gone, Missandei brought the queen a simple meal of goat cheese and olives, with raisins for a sweet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "You let everyone see you so easily. No one needs to know that you don't want a guard. Nobody wants to be followed around all day. Not even the queen." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Well, she wouldn’t likely be a queen first off. You’d have to train her and stuff.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Does she know the reason I'm meeting with the queen? The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Dany would gladly have sent the rest of the petitioners away ... but she was still their queen, so she heard them out and did her best to give them justice. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Across from me, my father leaned on the table and asked in a low voice, “What have you observed lately of the queen and Claudius?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “It is indeed most fine,” she answered, “and befitting a queen issued from so many kings.” Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z But introduce a new queen and the most extravagant change takes place. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "Who's queen here? Ah, that would be me. And I have made my decision." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Gracious queen,” said Grey Worm, “his killers had forced the genitals of a goat down the throat of your servant Stalwart Shield. This one removed them before bringing him here.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The queen must produce some substance that attracts the workers and that can be obtained from her only by direct contact. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "I suppose I must thank the queen for even that much." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The queen welcomed them warmly, then summoned Missandei to see that the girls were fed and entertained whilst she shared a private supper with the Green Grace. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I watched as Yorick helped Hamlet turn a somersault before the queen, who clapped to see him tumble head over heels. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Should she stay here, or run after the queen and plead for her life? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Guess I won't be a princess or a queen this summer. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There are expectations: to be better than Amber, to please Sophia, to satisfy the queen despite being her second choice, to make the kingdom fall in love with me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z One day not long after the queen’s lecture, I caught Cristiana in my chamber. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "When they slaughtered my guard, you stood beside the queen and watched, and said not a word." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I pace my bedroom, waiting for Arabella or the queen's post or her guards. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z How grand it was to disdain the queen herself without fear of consequence! Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Dome is fifty thousand spears and swords, pledged to our queen’s service.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And I must needs reach the dragon queen before the Volantenes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Being queen would be the opposite of crawling back to the Doctorita pregnant and begging for my job back. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The way the people who work for a queen do. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Maybe you weren’t supposed to imply a nanny was nicer than the queen. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z No doubt the old lady employs people who work on it constantly, a queen’s army of worker bees. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z But the white queen brought nothing but misery and perfidy to the black people, and if she was a chief she was an evil chief. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore cowboy boots with a long white ruffled skirt and a denim shirt and waved like a beauty queen—a perfect combination of folksy and classy. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z How could I tell the queen that it was her son I desired? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z That had not saved it from the queen's men. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I study them: most are princesses from the royal family—nieces of the king and queen—and a few girls and women from high houses. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Even had I not known the queen's countenance from the likeness of her that hung in every inn and shop, I could not have mistaken her. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A pike of unprecedented size had been caught in the Skahazadhan, and the fisherman wished to give it to the queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "When a queen bee dies, there is always another queen in the hive ready to take her place," my grandmother said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “It is a night of great celebration for my people. It would be unfortunate if anything were to befall you on the night before your audience with my queen.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The greyhound, light and fleet, gets ahead of Jeanne and reaches the queen first. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Her mom used to tell her stories of Gandhari, a queen who chose to go through life blindfolded out of empathy for her blind husband. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She leaned in as he began: “One night, a king and a queen boarded an empty ship,” he told her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z "He's here for us, he says," the queen said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Of this group Michael-Mary Graham was the queen, for her poetry had been published—first in 1938, in a volume called Seasons of My Soul; there was a second collection in 1941, called Farther Shores. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Once belonged to the queen of Spain,” he said, “about four hundred years ago.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The queen had tried to fight them early on, but the septas had overwhelmed her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I have not committed the ultimate act of nihilism: I have not killed the queen. i. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Pearl and Moody, looking on in bemusement, didn’t even glance at the screen, and Lexie had interrupted before Trip was halfway through his case for the drag queen. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Louis turns on him, furious, but the courtier says, "France cannot lose a queen and a king in one day, my lord. We would not survive." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “The woman was a slave who raised her hand to her mistress. The older man was accused of fomenting rebellion and spying for the dragon queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Nick didn’t know it until the attack was under way, but he had a powerful defender of his own—good old Mom, the white queen. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “But for now, I am queen. My word is law.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Two of the oldest women seat me, like handmaidens attending a queen. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He kept his finger on his queen, in danger of being captured by his opponents pawn. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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