> Charles the First was the problem. Oliver Cromwell was the solution.
Nation - #TerryPrachett
#TerryPrachett #olisquotefile #OliverCromwell #charlesi
Share: The Accursed Kings - Maurice Druon
"The only difference between Adam’s descendants and Capet’s was that the latter had so far avoided incest between brothers and sisters"
Share: The Accursed Kings (Historical Notes)
> King Robert, however, took the head of his brother to Naples as a souvenir. Forty years later Pope Urban V sent an arm to Montpellier and, finally King Alphonso V of Aragon when he took Marseilles in 1433, exported what remained of the bones to Valence.
Weirdos.
The Accursed Kings
> ... indeed [Louis X] felt inspired, and those present wondered as they listened to him whether his true destiny would not have been to make an excellent country priest.
“Still, let us not disarm, even in unsatisfactory times. Social injustice still needs to be denounced and fought. The world will not get better on its own.”
- Eric J. Hobsbawm
#olisquotefile #ericjhobsbawm #socialjustice
So I should have posted this #TerryPratchett quote yesterday but here it is, dedicated to all #Folklore enthusiasts.
"Showin' oursels tae hags is one thing, but not to other folks! You remember what happened a few years back when Daft Wullie got spotted by that lady who wuz painting the pretty pictures doon in the valley? I dinnae want to have them Folklore Society bigjobs pokin' aroound again!"
#terrypratchett #folklore #olisquotefile
#DianaWynneJones could write #Fantasy in "the language of dreams" without it crossing the boundaries into pretentiousness. I don't know if this out of context line does anything for anybody who hasn't the book #Spellcoats but here it is anyway.
>It is that same wool I am using now to weave our story.
#DianaWynneJones #fantasy #spellcoats #olisquotefile