Alfredia Kroh

“„'Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand: wer ist die schönste Frau in dem ganzen Land?' da antwortete der Spiegel aber wieder: 'Frau Königin, ihr seyd die schönste hier, aber Sneewittchen, über den sieben Bergen ist noch tausend Mal schöner als Ihr!”
― Gebrüder Grimm, Spiegel, das Kätzchen: Kellers Novelle und zehn weitere Katzengeschichten

“It had happened. Thucydides, his archrival, was a general. Glaucon, from his own tribe, was a general. And Pericles was no longer a general. He was just a citizen with one vote. And an idea”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

“I wanted to thank you for saving my life. I am still puzzled about your motives
though. Was it revenge against Zedan for rejecting you?”
“You insult me. It seems that you think of everybody in the same lowly terms you
think of yourself. If there is anybody I should hate for Zedan rejecting me, it should be
you. He was only doing what is expected of him in our society.”
“You mean you don't hate me?” This was a new revelation to Brown. It worried him.
He was used to hate, he could deal with it, but this he could not understand, he had used
the girl ruthlessly and yet she did not hate him.”
― Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator

“When speaking to her husband, Isabella replied, Mon tresdoutz coer, (My very sweet heart) please do that and perhaps I shall be able to continue to perform official functions on your behalf!”
― Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen