Queen Charlotte Islands

Famous quotes containing the words queen, charlotte and/or islands:

    “Queen Jane was in labor
    Six weeks and some more;
    The women grew wearied,
    And the midwife gave o’er.”
    —Unknown. The Death of Queen Jane (l. 1–4)

    “In soliciting donations from his flock, a preacher may promise eternal life in a celestial city whose streets are paved with gold, and that’s none of the law’s business. But if he promises an annual free stay in a luxury hotel on Earth, he’d better have the rooms available.”
    —Unknown. Charlotte Observer (October 6, 1989)

    “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line—the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in America and the islands of the sea. It was a phase of this problem that caused the Civil War.”
    —W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt)