The Crown in the Heather Quotes

“Of Scotland, I cherished both the sprawling days of summer, when dusk and dawn were one, and the witching darkness of winter, when I would warm my hands by the hearth while song and company wrapped themselves around me like a cloak against the cold. I loved the height and breadth of the mountains and the mysterious depth of the lochs.”
― N. Gemini Sasson, The Crown in the Heather

“Men are born and die. Kingdoms soar and crumble. Yet still the sun rises and sets. Few things are sure, but that there will always be a tomorrow and everything that has a beginning, also”
― N. Gemini Sasson, The Crown in the Heather

“There are some who say God has no hand in the affairs of men. But those who believe in kingship would declare that not to be so. I, for one, believe the Almighty put Robert the Bruce here for good reason: to teach us the cost of freedom and to humble the bloody English.”
― N. Gemini Sasson, The Crown in the Heather

“Men are born and die. Kingdoms soar and crumble. Yet still the sun rises and sets. Few things are sure, but that there will always be a tomorrow and everything that has a beginning, also has an end.”
― N. Gemini Sasson, The Crown in the Heather

“What irony that in these months since I've been king, not for a day have I lived like one.”
― N. Gemini Sasson, The Crown in the Heather