“A crown, a throne could not be based on the not too very solid foundation of blood.”
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Quoted in "Sun's Son's Son" - Time Magazine - January 1, 1934
Zend explaining the Spawn of Dagon to Elak
Short fiction, The Spawn Of Dagon (1938)
Context: "They dare'd not invade the palace while the globe shone, for the light-rays would have killed them. … This island-continent would have gone down beneath the sea long ago if I hadn't pitted my magic and my science against that of the children of Dagon. They are masters of the earthquake, and Atlantis rests on none too solid a foundation. Their power is sufficient to sink Atlantis forever beneath the sea. But within that room" — Zend nodded toward the curtain that hid the sea-bred horrors — "in that room there is power far stronger than theirs. I have drawn strength from the stars, and the cosmic sources beyond the universe. You know nothing of my power. It is enough — more than enough — to keep Atlantis steady on its foundation, impregnable against the attacks of Dagon's breed. They have destroyed other lands before Atlantis."

“No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.”
No Cross, No Crown (1682)

Source: The Production of Security (1849), p. 50

“Born alone, die alone, no crew to keep my crown or throne”
The World Is Yours
On Albums, Illmatic (1994)
“Thrones and crowns of worldly kings carry worth less than shows of donkey for us.”
Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 270

“All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.”
Note to the 1946 edition
Zuleika Dobson http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext99/zdbsn11.txt (1911)

"Bleakonomics" http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/books/review/Stiglitz-t.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=books&adxnnlx=1191080508-xgqHp+i170M7vW5X5Q4Yeg&oref=slogin The New York Times Sunday Book Review (2007-09-30).