The King at the Edge of the World Quotes

“History is written by the future, and therefore distorted at its start.”
― Arthur Phillips, The King at the Edge of the World

“Or. A golden word: "Or." Opportunities, rebirths, other roads.”
― Arthur Phillips, The King at the Edge of the World

“There was a deep pleasure in simply knowing what happened to everyone at the end.”
― Arthur Phillips, The King at the Edge of the World

“But the reality of power—a field of study Ezzedine had ignored, even as he benefited from it—could not be denied infinitely. He would be subject to its immutable laws whether he studied them or pretended they didn’t exist.”
― Arthur Phillips, The King at the Edge of the World

“The highest task of intelligence: to imagine a future and then smooth its approach.”
― Arthur Phillips, The King at the Edge of the World

“Perhaps men could accustom themselves to living with a small amount of doubt. I think doubt a necessary ingredient to live.”
― Arthur Phillips, The King at the Edge of the World

“In the years since, Dr. Thatcher had viewed the wine and ale as the necessary antidote to the island’s persistent English melancholy, though keener eyes than his (or his own eyes when he was younger) might have guessed they were no antidote but cause.”
― Arthur Phillips, The King at the Edge of the World

“Matthew Thatcher, in his first year at the hall, had drawn and written guides for the cooks and boys, so that all the baron’s people were, with much effort, brought up to the level of knowledge equal to that of a juvenile squirrel.”
― Arthur Phillips, The King at the Edge of the World

“Christian kingdoms hate one another and are divided on how best to show their love for Jesus Christ. How mad, you think, to hate over how best to love.”
― Arthur Phillips, The King at the Edge of the World