For a king, death is better than dethronement and exile. Theodora More Quotes by Theodora More Quotes From Theodora It occurred to me that there have always been selkie women: women who did not seem to belong to this world, because they did not fit into prevailing notions of what women were supposed to be. And if you did not fit into those notions, in some sense you weren't a woman. Weren't even quite human. The magical animal woman is, or can be, a metaphor for those sorts of women. Theodora fit animal world Royalty is a fine burial shroud. Theodora burial fine royalty For my own part, I adhere to the maxim of antiquity, that the throne is a glorious sepulchre. Theodora maxims thrones glorious I suddenly realized I was a writer of wide reputation and most of it bad. Theodora wide reputation Fond, flatt'ring world, adieu! Theodora adieu rings world
