Famous quotes containing the words maiden and/or queen:
“A maiden marries to please her parents; a widow to please herself.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her for a moment like a wild beast, began screaming “Off with her head! Off with—”
“Nonsense!” said Alice loudly and decidedly, and the Queen was silent.”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)