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Royce QUOTES

1 " See, that’s the difference,” Mauvin said. “I suffer a loss and people console me. Royce suffers a loss and whole towns evacuate. "

― Michael J. Sullivan , Heir of Novron (The Riyria Revelations, #5-6)

2 " How strange, Royce thought, that, after emerging victorious from more than a hundred real battles, the greatest moment of triumph he had ever known had come to him on a mock battlefield where he'd stood alone, unhorsed, and defeated. This morning, his life had seemed as bleak as death. Tonight, he held joy in his arms. Someone or something—fate or fortune or Jenny's God—had looked down upon him this morning and seen his anguish. And, for some reason, Jenny had been given back to him.
Closing his eyes, Royce brushed a kiss against her smooth forehead. Thank you, he thought.
And in his heart, he could have sworn he heard a voice answer, You're welcome. "

― , A Kingdom of Dreams (Westmoreland, #1)

3 " I know a lot of wealthy people, and yet not many of them drive a Rolls Royce or a Ferrari! However, I also know some of poor people on the verge of bankruptcy driving Bentleys! "

― Stephen Richards , Ask and the Universe Will Provide: A Straightforward Guide to Manifesting Your Dreams

4 " I just want to say, for the record, as far as Royal protectors go, you're not very good." " It's my first day," Royce replied dryly." And already I am trapped in a timeless prison. I shudder to think what might have happened if you had a whole week. "

5 " This was the move that was supposed to sweep me away. She seemed a little out of practice. I guess life with Charley Royce hadn’t exactly been the third reel of The English Patient. It had to be bad if Mickey Dolan was your back-up. Not to put Mickey down but he didn’t strike me as the lover-boy type. Especially when he took out his teeth. The last time Mickey thought about pleasing anybody but himself was just before he discovered how to sniff glue. "

― Dan Ahearn , Shoot the Moon

6 " You are mad!" she snapped, her chest heaving. " And you are a devil!" " And you, my dear," Royce imperturbably replied, " are a bitch." With that, heturned to the horrified friar and unhesitatingly announced, " The lady and I wish to be wed. "

7 " Royce Westmoreland stared at him with biting scorn. " I despise hypocrisy, particularly when it is coated with holiness." " May I ask for a specific example?" " Fat priests," Royce replied, " with fat purses, who lecture staving peasants on the dangers of gluttony and the merits of poverty. "

8 " Bah!” Magnus scoffed. “Humans always blame dwarves. A baby goes missing and it was a dwarf that stole it. A princess runs off with a second son of a king and it was a dwarf who lured her to a deep prison. And when they find her with the prince—lo, she was rescued!
“A king is stabbed in the back in his own chapel, and a princess’s tower
is turned into a death trap,” Royce called back to them. “Friends are
betrayed and trapped in a prison—yes, I can see your surprise. Where do they get such ideas?”
“Damn his elven ears,” Magnus said. "

― Michael J. Sullivan , Heir of Novron (The Riyria Revelations, #5-6)

9 " Hadrian leapt to his feet. Royce was already up.
“Don’t bother,” Esrahaddon told them. “She’s dead, and there’s nothing you can do. The monster cannot be harmed by your weapons. It—”
The two were out the door. "

― Michael J. Sullivan , Theft of Swords (The Riyria Revelations, #1-2)

10 " Sir Eustace was with Royce and Stefan looking over some maps when he was informed by the guard that the ladies were asking for him. " Is there no end to her arrogance!" Royce bit out, referring to Jenny. " She even sends her guards on errands, and what's more, they run to do her bidding." Checking his tirade, he said shortly, " I assume it was the blue-eyed one with the dirty face who sent you?" Sir Lionel chuckled and shook his head. " I saw two clean faces, Royce, but the one who talked to me had greenish eyes, not blue." " Ah, I see," Royce said sarcastically, " it wasn't Arrogance that sent you trotting away from your post, it was Beauty. What does she want? "

11 " I notice you didn’t include a blade with your new attire,” Royce said. “Not even a little jeweled dagger.”

“Lords no.” Albert looked appalled. “I don’t fight.”

“I thought all nobles learned sword fighting.” Royce looked to Hadrian.

“I thought so too.”

“Nobles with competent fathers perhaps. I spent my formative years at my aunt’s at Huffington Manor. She held a daily salon, where a dozen noble ladies came to discuss all manner of philosophical topics, like how much they hated their husbands. I’ve never actually held a sword, but I can tie a mean corset and apply face paint like a gold-coin whore. "

― Michael J. Sullivan , The Rose and the Thorn (The Riyria Chronicles, #2)

12 " But he knew instinctively what he suggested was impossible. She'd been through so much, and held her tears back for so long, that Royce doubted that anything could force her to shed them. "

― , A Kingdom of Dreams (Westmoreland, #1)

13 " If anyone had asked Royce Melborn what he hated most at that moment, he would’ve said dogs. Dogs and dwarves topped his list, both equally despised for having so much in common—each was short, vicious, and inexcusably hairy. "

― Michael J. Sullivan , The Death of Dulgath (The Riyria Chronicles, #3)

14 " The Rolls Royce was the real first car. It wasn't the first new car I got, but it was the first real car I bought that's like, 'Wow, I got this.' "