“I have seen statues that would look stodgy beside her, I have seen painted Madonnas whose features would be coarse beside her… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“in the water is a woman of such beauty that her skin is paler than the white marble and her hair is… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“No, you look like the beauty you are, and you know it. You have that gift, which our mother had, of growing… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“I have heard ballads of great battles, and poems about the beauty of a charge and the grace of a leader. But… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“My father was exceptionally tall and exceptionally handsome, and he only had to walk into a room to dominate the assembly of… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“I am, at this moment, what I have always been to him: an object of beauty. He has never loved me as… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“You are lucky in your looks,” she says. “Your mother was always a beauty and you are very like her: fair, slender,… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“In the darkness of the forest he saw her, and whispered her name, Melusina, and at that summoning she rose out of… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“When you are still and thoughtful you are as lovely as the statues they are carving in Italy.” — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
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 Image
You can smile when your heart is breaking because you're a woman. — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
