Famous quotes containing the words king and/or bees:
“...if I perish, I perish.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Esther 4:16.
Queen Esther, as she gathers strength to go to the king on behalf of her people.
“Asking to die:
“To die, dear God, before a scum of doubt
Smear the whole universe, and smudge it out.”
Meanwhile the bees fumbled among the flowers.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)