Philippa Gregory

“If He were not God, then one would think it very badly planned.”

— Philippa Gregory

It is no small thing, this, for a woman: freedom.

— Philippa Gregory

“any mean, ambitious man,...counts his losses more than his gains.”

— Philippa Gregory

... all that that I learn just teaches me that I know nothing.

— Philippa Gregory

Anyone can attract a man. The trick is to keep him.

— Philippa Gregory

“In a shipwreck, it is every drowning man for himself.”

— Philippa Gregory

When they launch snakes you'll have your namesake.

— Philippa Gregory

“He must desire the scent of the smoke of their sacrifice.”

— Philippa Gregory

We might, either of us, be Queen of England and yet we'll always be nothing to our family.

— Philippa Gregory

“Don't waste your courage on hating him. Keep yourself to yourself. And keep up your courage.”

— Philippa Gregory

I would be very, very uncomfortable at teaching, at dreaming to teach, people things.

— Philippa Gregory

“You don’t get to be a favorite at a tyrant’s court without beheading your principles every day.”

— Philippa Gregory

Fortune's wheel takes you very high and then throws you very low, and there is nothing you can do but face the…

— Philippa Gregory

“It’s as if our name is both our greatest pride and our curse,” I say.”

— Philippa Gregory

“Look, you can't fight everyone... You have to choose where you belong and rest there.”

— Philippa Gregory

“This is a generation of men accustomed to warfare, inured to danger and familiar with cruelty.”

— Philippa Gregory

You can smile when your heart is breaking because you are a woman, and a courtier, and a Howard. That's three reasons…

— Philippa Gregory

“The tears in my eyes are now running down my cheeks at the thought that I have been his wife and his…

— Philippa Gregory

“But I want to be loved. I have always been loved. I want my husband to love me with a passion, like…

— Philippa Gregory

I love going to London for a couple of days but I need to be in the country. I like the silence,…

— Philippa Gregory

“We have no time for regrets or second thoughts. If a plan goes awry we make another, if one weapon breaks in…

— Philippa Gregory

“Historical fiction is a hybrid, a blending of reported reality, reasonable speculation, psychological truth, and the author’s imagination.”

— Philippa Gregory

When a woman thinks her husband is a fool, her marriage is over. They may part in one year or ten; they…

— Philippa Gregory

“To stop us reading forbidden books they will have to burn every manuscript. But to stop us thinking forbidden thoughts they will…

— Philippa Gregory

“I do not grieve for him as a wife, as Anne Devereux has grieved for her husband William Herbert. She promised him…

— Philippa Gregory

“The stewards, and then the bailiffs, and then finally the lawyers meet. They wrangle, they agree, and we are to be married…

— Philippa Gregory

“The most powerful men of the kingdom have dragged a duchess down and sent her out to be a marvel to the…

— Philippa Gregory

“As soon as they are gone and the door closed behind them, we fall into a frenzy about my dress. “Dark green,”…

— Philippa Gregory

“Giles' shameful death was, of course, the sign of a crazy old man's inability to adapt to a new world. But his…

— Philippa Gregory

Good Evening , Sir John. I hope that you will accept a little gift from me.' I should be honored, Your Majesty.'…

— Philippa Gregory

“Although I am cursed by dreams, I still cannot stop myself sleeping. I drop into darkness every night and dream that Richard…

— Philippa Gregory

“Say yes,’ he whispers. ‘Marry me.’ I hesitate. I open my eyes. ‘You will get my fortune,’ I remark. ‘When I marry…

— Philippa Gregory

“So let me see? What do I have? Surprise! Surprise!”

— Philippa Gregory

“the wedding should be between him, his bride, and God.”

— Philippa Gregory

Some women attract desire. Others do not.

— Philippa Gregory

“Men die in battle; women die in childbirth.”

— Philippa Gregory

Oh yes. Draw your hem back from my mud, little sister.

— Philippa Gregory

“I am fit to capture a unicorn, and I should not be so questioned.”

— Philippa Gregory

“He has lost his print upon the earth; he has lost any fire.”

— Philippa Gregory

I like writing historical fiction.

— Philippa Gregory