Michael Hirst

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Television Producer · United Kingdom · Male

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From “Two Journeys”

“All roads lead to the throne.”

Tagged: throne, All Roads Lead To...

From “In the Uncertain Hour Before the Morning”

“I was never the usurper, always the usurped.”

Tagged: conqueror, dominant, usurper

“You Vikings are incorrigible. You emerge from the womb with only one thing on your mind…how to die.”

Tagged: Incorrigible, womb, Death Wish

From “The Great Army”

“In the name of our dead father, in the name of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of our country, and in the name of Odin, we declare war on the whole world.”

Tagged: world war, Dead Father, Hero, country, Odin

From “Revenge”

“I’ve been told your god is a carpenter. And guess what? So am I.”

Tagged: jesus, Jesus the Carpenter, God, Christianity

From “On the Eve”

“I never forget anything.”

Tagged: Memory

“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the sun. A time to love, and a time to hate. A time of war, and a time of peace.”

Tagged: Ecclesiastes, purpose

From “The Departed Part Two”

“I am old enough to know that you can never say for sure what someone else will do.”

Tagged: Wisdom, Uncertainty

From “Homeland”

“I have no interest in peace. Peace is a dirty word.”

Tagged: Peace, In Praise of Violence, War, Violence, Against Peace

From “The Message”

“In time, the name of Ragnar Lothbrok will fade and be forgotten. No one will ever forget Ivar the Boneless.”

Tagged: Immortality, Death, Forgotten

From “In Cold Blood”

“As a humanist I share your opinion. As a King, I'm forced to disagree.”

Tagged: humanist, king, Forced, Disagree

“Queen Katherine: Though I love Your Majesty and I'm loyal to you, in every way, I cannot disguise my distress and unhappiness. King Henry VIII: Well, you're going to have to.”

Tagged: Love, loyal, Distress, Unhappiness, Sassy

From “Simply Henry”

“I call Mary my English mare, because I ride her so often.”

Tagged: Sex, Riding, English Mare, Metaphor Examples

“There's something deep and dangerous in you, Anne, those eyes of yours are like dark hooks for the soul.”

Tagged: Deep, dangerous, Eyes, dark hooks, Soul

From “Wolsey, Wolsey, Wolsey!”

“You are a poet as I am a woman. Poets and women are always free with their hearts, are they not?”

Tagged: Poet, Woman, Free, Hearts

From “His Majesty, The King”

“I write poems, I don't know how to be 'a poet.'”

Tagged: Poems, Poet, writer

From “Arise, My Lord”

“If it pleases you to be my true loyal mistress and friend, to give yourself up to me body and soul, I promise, I'll take you as my only mistress. I won't have a thought or an affection for anyone else.”

Tagged: loyal, Mistress, Friend, Body, Soul

From “Message to the Emperor”

“Diplomacy is nearly always settled by such proximity.”

Tagged: Diplomacy, settled, Proximity, Logic

From “Truth and Justice”

“You can love, perhaps for a year, a month, a day, even for an hour. And in that hour I do believe you love as well and deeply... as any man. But after that hour, you love not! You love another, and then another. Your love is most generous where it is most hurtful.”

Tagged: Love, Fleeting love, Loving Others, generous, Hurtful

From “Look to God First”

“You hate him like a scorpion. And why? Because he would not satisfy your ambition and make you pope by force.”

Tagged: Hate, Simile Examples, force

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