Once A Princess Quotes
"Your expediency is appreciated, your Majesty. I feared we would have to scour the countryside in search of gypsy camps to find you."
"But it cannot be helped. It is what your father wants."
"Do not remonstrate with him for what has already been done and cannot now be changed."
"He abdicated willingly and even with happiness, because you are and have always been the pride of his life."
"The honor would have been negated with the birth of another Janacek son."
"With the Janaceks' deaths, I gained the throne."
"Circumstances have made you king instead of consort."
"The crown should never have been mine, nor did I covet it, cursed as it was."
"And, God willing, I will live long enough to see it done."
"The truth of the matter was that Stefan was embarrassed to face the little dancer again, after he'd sat there and let her be wounded by Vasili's arrogance."
"Contempt was a specialty of his, developed to perfection."
"Magic words, apparently. The door opened, but the wench stood there blocking the way, hands on hips, one on the hilt of her knife."
"You speak English real good for a foreigner, but you sure don't understand its meaning very well."
"Her courage was commendable, but foolish under the circumstances."
"If you understand English yourself, then understand that we will speak with Wilbert Dobbs because it is imperative that we do so, and nothing you can say or do will alter that."
"I didn't forget. It's just a sad thing to remember, is all."
"But I do understand, perfectly. I'm just not believing it."
"Whatever you care to take with you, gather it now. You won't be returning to this place."
"Daft-wined idiot, you can't like the idea of him watching..."
"You will tell me, now, how it can be that when I touch you, my hands change color."
"If you don't know how to knock, I'd be pleased to teach you."
"What I prefer is no one telling me what to do."
"Duty before preference, Princess. You'll learn."
"Enough! I don't know why you think you have to continue this farce, but we both know you don't want me along, no matter the destination."
"No, by God! You'll at least have what you deserve."
"You were supposed to be reared gently. A fortune was sent with you and Baroness Tomilova to ensure it. She would have trained you, thoroughly, in the duties that await you as Queen of Cardinia, the etiquette of court."
"I'm not saying my life with Dobbs was all hardship and misery. It wasn't. But my defiant nature did bring frequent beatings. That tends to harden the soul, as well as the flesh."
"It is intolerable what you have suffered through fate."
"Through secrecy and neglectful assumptions. Communication was forbidden because it could have led to your death."
"Such is usually the case when one is dealing with the truth."
"How can you misplace someone as important as a princess?"
"You are my runaway wife. You deserted not only me but two small babies as well. I'm afraid you won't engender the least bit of sympathy if you try to tell anyone otherwise."
"If you ever risk your life again as you did by jumping off The Lorilie, I will find a stick, which is apparently all you are impressed by, and beat you with it."
"You merely call this better? They will come from all over Europe to have a look at her, once it is known she outshines even her mother."
"Why would references to her familiarity with men still bother him?"
"You destroy the life I had planned for myself and I'm not supposed to regret it?"
"Any extremes, Tanya. Anything deemed necessary to fulfill Sandor's last wish."
"You may clean up at the hotel. We have rooms there—"
"You cannot make free with this place any longer, Tanya."
"You will have to remain with us, won't you, to await that opportunity?"
"You can't imagine the difficulty that might entail tonight."
"He needs something to draw him out of his present mood, anyway."
"I think we should have ended this conversation before it began."
"All I asked for was a little clarification of motives, to know why you kiss me one moment but despise me the next."
"I really am the new King of Cardinia, Tanya."
"I might lie on the floor, but if I have managed to sleep there, I don't remember it."
"That's generous of you, but speaking of no reasons, I can't think of a single one to prevent us from sharing the bed instead—only for one night."
"You have been told the truth—mostly the truth."
"I would have to be a glutton for punishment if I wanted to talk to him again."
"If you were a whore, then you would surely be delighted at the mention of price."
"Duty before preference, as Vasili had put it."
"Any man who tried to force himself on me ended up losing a lot of blood for his trouble."
"If I doubt what you tell me, you damn well tell me again, and again, until I believe it."
"You may be accustomed to variation in lovemaking, but that doesn't excuse... This won't happen again, Princess. You have my word on that."
"I am anything but calm. Did... I... hurt... you?"
"I will be eternally sorry for last night, but you are going to marry me, and live with me, whether you like it or not!"
"Don't think for a minute that I don't know how to earn money."
"They told me you were at least resigned to the marriage."
"That was before I was reminded what a devil-spawned bastard you are."
"I gave you my word I would never take my anger out on you again."
"I suppose I will have to find another outlet."
"Your scars again? You and Alicia are two of a kind, aren't you? You're both obsessed with those damn scars."
"You don't just go around asking men to kiss you, Princess."
"I did. The few other kisses I've had were stolen, and necessarily brief, because I tended to draw my knife very quickly."
"You must have some past experience to go by for this comparison. At least one man who has kissed you before Stefan. Rack your memory, for God's sake."
"I will decide what is a risk and what it's worth."
"You can thank your friend Pavel that I didn't go looking for a switch the moment I got here. Now I'm too tired to beat you."
"Don't ever ignore specific warnings again, Tanya."
"You are the very image of your mother, Princess Tatiana, except for your hair, which is pure Janacek. Welcome home."
"I wish we did have more time, but my father is anxious for our arrival."
"You are going to make a truly splendid queen."
"Do you know how quickly a wolf can tear you apart?"
"Couldn't she just need a little reassurance?"
"You don't have any idea how attractive I find you, do you?"
"I don't care anymore about your past. Do you hear? I don't give a damn what you were. You're mine now and that's all that matters."
"You didn't take my virginity, I gave it to you."
"I happen to love you, Alicia, just as I love him. But I'll wager you've already guessed that."
"You have no more enemies, and if you did have, I would kill them for you. I'll never let anything hurt you."
"More than I thought it possible to love anyone."
"I think we should get married, Tanya mine—if you are over your upset."