Twilight of Splendor Quotes

“A family on the throne is an interesting idea,” Walter Bagehot wrote in 1867. “It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.” He warned, however, against too much exposure of the personal monarchy: “If you begin to poke about it, you cannot reverence it.… Its mystery is its life. We must not let in daylight upon magic.”
― Greg King, Twilight of Splendor: The Court of Queen Victoria During Her Diamond Jubilee Year

“We don’t know in what state we shall meet again; but that we shall recognize each other and be together in eternity I am perfectly certain.”
― Greg King, Twilight of Splendor: The Court of Queen Victoria During Her Diamond Jubilee Year

“Time cannot heal the wounds of the heart. Light minds might think it can, but there are [depths] which the years cannot fill, there are vacant places which can never be occupied … though the heart aches as it views the empty place, it would not have it filled by any save the one who owns it.”
― Greg King, Twilight of Splendor: The Court of Queen Victoria During Her Diamond Jubilee Year

“Not that she took to the usual ministrations that followed her husband’s death. When a cleric suggested to Victoria that “Henceforth you must remember that Christ Himself will be your husband,” the queen declared, “This is what I call twaddle!”73”
― Greg King, Twilight of Splendor: The Court of Queen Victoria During Her Diamond Jubilee Year