Frank Richard Stockton

“He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts.”

“My mind to me a kingdom is.”

“The institution was a popular one.”

“Which came out of the opened door,—the lady, or the tiger?”

“Her decision had been indicated in an instant, but it had been made after days and nights of anguished deliberation.”

“This was the king's semi-barbaric method of administering justice.”

“No matter how her fancy led her, he was perfectly willing to follow.”

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a great deal and write a great deal.”

“And so I leave it with all of you: Which came out of the opened door,—the lady, or the tiger?”

“The moment she had known that her lover was in the arena, she had decided what she would do.”

“Think of it, fair reader, not as if the decision of the question depended upon yourself, but upon that hot-blooded, semi-barbaric princess.”