Quotes About Concubines

#1. Whilst passing by the lane where the nests of concubines rested, I saw a little temple.
Somebody lit the lamp in prayer. I couldn't decide to bow down to the temple or not to stop there and walk away.

Never heard if odalisques have gods too... if yes,are they as pure as ours?

Himmilicious

#2. The greatest concubines in history knew that everything revealed with nothing concealed is a bore.

Geoffrey Beene

#3. During the rule of the Southern Dynasties (A.D. 317-589), one Chinese princess argued that she, like her brother the emperor, was entitled to a harem. Her wishes prevailed, and she was assigned thirty male "concubines."10

Stephanie Coontz

#4. Most of the leading figures of the Old Testament were polygamists. Abraham had several wives and concubines. If they wanted, they could say this was approved in the Bible.

Desmond Tutu

#5. My wish is to ride the tempest, tame the waves, kill the sharks. I will not resign myself to the usual lot of women who bow their heads and become concubines.

Trieu Thi Choi

#6. Because we're the police,' Harry said. 'And not giggling concubines.

Jo Nesbo

#7. 13And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.

Anonymous

#8. Ransom really looked at the other man for the first time, shook his head, stared again."Holy hell, your eyes are like a fucking viper's."
Venom raised an eyebrow."You have hair prettier than one of Astaad's concubines."
Ransom gave the vampire the finger.
Venom grinned.

Nalini Singh

#9. 15 concubines ain't nothin' to sneeze at.

Gary Coleman

#10. Sixty queens there may be, and eighty concubines, and virgins beyond number; but my dove, my perfect one, is unique.

Nancy Rue

#11. O singers, resinous and soft your songsAbove the sacred whisper of the pines,Give virgin lips to cornfield concubines,Bring dreams of Christ to dusky cane-lipped throngs.

Jean Toomer

#12. On their sofas of spice and feathers, the concubines also slept fretfully. In those days the Earth was still flat, and people dreamed often of falling over edges.

Tom Robbins

#13. Let me be loved like that, by a man who will not replace me with concubines when I'm old and ugly. Let me be loved by a man who loves God more than me.

Orson Scott Card

#14. Saying it it loud, she felt every inch of distance between them.

Joshilyn Jackson

#15. That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

#16. You can enjoy a deep sense of satisfaction and happiness in life despite challenging circumstances. It's all in how you think about it.

Kristi Bowman

#17. I would love to design a maternity clothing line. It is so hard to find stylish clothes for pregnant people ... I would say 99 percent of the clothes I wore were not maternity because I couldn't find anything I liked.

Kourtney Kardashian

#18. History will remember the Superdome debacle - caused by the dearth of evacuation buses - as "Nagin's Folly," mayoral incompetence of the first order.

Douglas Brinkley

#19. I fear only that which I love, says man, according to Montaigne. Woman replies: I love only that which I fear.

Jose Bergamin

#20. Nature itself cannot err

Thomas Hobbes

#21. Football can teach us that although a team's individual players may be weak, it can still be successful if it uses common sense. Or that we should not attack anyone physically when we suffer a depressing defeat.

Orhan Pamuk

#22. I took a bite of lobster meat with rice. It was quite tasty. 'Arguing the morality of slaughter will send you into a tailspin of self-loathing every time.' 'Unless you're a vegan.' 'Uh-huh. But then you're a vegan and you don't count.

Julie Powell

#23. Only death can seperate me from the wrestling world.

Alexander Nderitu

#24. What are you good at?" asked the owner.
"Going after what I believe in." That was the only possible reply; she had spent her life in pursuit of what she believed in. The only problem was that she believed in something different everyday.

Paulo Coelho

#25. When we stop fighting we stop winning

Sunday Adelaja

#26. Okay", I breathed. "Then what will it take?" I was completely out of my element. Begging a girl to go on a date with me. This was fucked up."
"Miss it."
I stared into her cold, blue eyes and knew I'd just met the kind of girl books are written about.

Tarryn Fisher - Thief

#27. The Law is hard," said Charlotte, "but it is the Law.

Cassandra Clare