Long May She Reign Quotes

“Perhaps you'll gave to kiss him again, if you're not sure. Gather more evidence. In the name of science.”
― Rhiannon Thomas, Long May She Reign: A Thrilling YA Fantasy Standalone About a Scientist Queen and Deadly Court Intrigue

“You have to weed the garden before you can plant flowers, must you not?” I”
― Rhiannon Thomas, Long May She Reign

“What did he mean? Was he saying he liked me as in “We’re friends, of course I wouldn’t betray you”? Or as in “You’re not an awful person, and I’m happy for you to be queen”? Or . . . or did he mean he liked me, as in he liked me? As in had feelings for me? I”
― Rhiannon Thomas, Long May She Reign

“Rulership does not sit comfortably on any worthy head.”
― Rhiannon Thomas, Long May She Reign: A Thrilling YA Fantasy Standalone About a Scientist Queen and Deadly Court Intrigue

“What was wrong with you?"
"Melancholy. Nothing more or less than that. I have suffered it often. Not because I do not like the court, but because... well, I do not know why. It is just one of those things... This time was particularly bad, though. It was so strong it was like a physical illness. But the doctors said it was melancholy, just melancholy, and that time away would it. 'A fragile disposition,' they called me.... As though one needs to be fragile to be sad.”
― Rhiannon Thomas, Long May She Reign: A Thrilling YA Fantasy Standalone About a Scientist Queen and Deadly Court Intrigue

“There were choices, and then there were choices. People could say “everything is a choice” with as much haughtiness and superiority as they liked, but that didn’t mean desperate people wouldn’t take a third option if they could.”
― Rhiannon Thomas, Long May She Reign

“But I would prefer to think everyone has something worthwhile in them, if only you take the chance to look.”
― Rhiannon Thomas, Long May She Reign

“One can be interested in both fashion and politics, don't you think? They so often go hand in hand. Appearances, saying the right words, making people like you...”
― Rhiannon Thomas, Long May She Reign: A Thrilling YA Fantasy Standalone About a Scientist Queen and Deadly Court Intrigue

“Anything was possible, if you thought about it in the right way.”
― Rhiannon Thomas, Long May She Reign: A Thrilling YA Fantasy Standalone About a Scientist Queen and Deadly Court Intrigue