“Don't be afraid of the future, little Julia. Take your present life and live it.” — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“The one thing that Jane’s death should teach us is that life is precious and every day is a gift that we… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“For I am in love. For the first time in my life, utterly and completely, I have fallen in love, and I… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“She tried to live like an ordinary woman, but some women cannot live an ordinary life.” — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
If it means something, take it to heart. If it means nothing, it's nothing. Let it go. — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“My mother? My own mother told my lady governess that if the baby and I were in danger then they should save… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“Life is long, and if a woman survives, she can take her pleasures one way or another.” — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“Poor little girl. Poor little girl," Nan says, and at first I think she is speaking of the baby, perhaps it is… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“Mother, before God," I say, my voice shaking with tears, "I swear that I have to believe that there is more for… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“Militant might in women is named as unfeminine aggression; scholarship in women is diminished into a domestic art. Religious life is viewed… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“For most of my life i have been adored by fools and hated by people of good sense, and they all make… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
Plainly, she is quite besotted by him,... a girl, a young girl, and she is falling in love for the first time… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“But the magic moment when he walks alone has not yet happened, and I was praying he would do it before I… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“He shrugged. “Whatever does it mean? We write poems about it all day and sing songs about it all night but if… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“I cannot know what the future will bring us,” he says in a rapid undertone. “I cannot know where you will be… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“We are both people of faith," he said quietly. "Our enemies should be the people who have no faith, neither in their… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“For the first time it strikes me that it must be hard to spend your life in exile and finally win your… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“Margaret...you must know that you could never change your own life. You are a girl: girls have no choice. You could never… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“If a writer believes that women do nothing, then he will have to fantasize about their lives to make a good story.… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“Harry could come and go as he pleased; he was always a visitor in his own home. He never belonged to Wideacre… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“I would not care whether people thought I was special, if my life was truly special. It would not mater to me… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“I cannot know what the future will bring us," he says in a rapid undertone. "I cannot know where you will be… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“Her sadness had given her a serenity which had not been there before. It was as if she had learned a hard… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“She tried to live like an ordinary woman, but some women cannot live an ordinary life. She tried to walk in the… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
I had never seen a woman in such despair before. It was worse than death, it was a constant longing for death… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
The moment that changed me for ever was when I had my first seminar with my history professor at the University of… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“One little boy, and he a bastard,' Anne said thoughtfully. 'One little girl of six, one elderly Queen and a King in… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“Mother, before God," I say, my voice shaking with tears, "I swear that I have to believe that there is more for me in… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share
“Say yes,’ he whispers. ‘Marry me.’ I hesitate. I open my eyes. ‘You will get my fortune,’ I remark. ‘When I marry you, everything… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share
“But I warn you that a woman who seeks great power and wealth has to pay a great price, Perhaps you will be a… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share
“I raised my hand to wave in case he looked back; but he did not. He rode straight backed, looking forward. He rode like… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share
“When you are still and thoughtful you are as lovely as the statues they are carving in Italy.” — Philippa Gregory Copy Share
Edward lives as if there is no tomorrow, Richard as if he wants no tomorrow, and George as though someone should give it to… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share
“We fell asleep wrapped in each other as if we could not bear to part, even in sleep we could not bear to let… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share
“One little boy, and he a bastard,' Anne said thoughtfully. 'One little girl of six, one elderly Queen and a King in the prime… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share
“We have been married little more than a year and already there is a terrible silence around some subjects. We never speak of the… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share
“It doesn’t matter if you call it magic or determination. It doesn’t matter if you make a spell or a plot. You have to… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share
“I have overturned the order. Nothing will ever be the same for any woman in this country again.” — Philippa Gregory Copy Share
“I will make my own future, not predict it. I don’t need a charm to tell me what I hope will happen. I throw… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share
