“Say yes,’ he whispers. ‘Marry me.’ I hesitate. I open my eyes. ‘You will get my fortune,’ I remark. ‘When I marry… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“Richard told me I was the most beautiful girl that had ever been born, that one glance from me set him on… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“There was I, fool that I am, thinking that you were being loving to me,” he says shortly. “I thought you were… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
If there is love enough,then nothing-not nature, not even death itself- can come between two who love each other. — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“When I was first at court and he was the young husband of a beautiful wife, he was a golden king. They… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
It is not love that matters, Mistress Boy, it is what you choose to do with it. What’d you choose to do… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“But I want to be loved. I have always been loved. I want my husband to love me with a passion, like… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
Although some people think I am a romantic novelist I have always thought of myself as a rather gritty radical historian. — 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
He promised her that he would give her everything, everything she wanted, as men in love always do. And she trusted him… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“They are a couple in love, and anyone but a fool would see it is simply that, nothing more- and certainly nothing… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“Before God, I love you and cherish you more than anything in the world. Of course I want to marry you. I… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“I have to tell you, you have to know: I have loved you honorably as a knight should do his lady, and… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
There are many sorts of love. And when you love a man who is less than you dreamed, you have to make… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“Go with the knowledge that I will think of you every time I lift your boy from his bed, every time I… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
For instance, I have never believed that there is only one person for each person in the world. It doesn't make the… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“What a test of love it is, when the beloved is less than perfect.” — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“Either you have me or not at all. Either you love me or not at all. Either I am all yours or… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“keep her away from his brother. They say he had her locked in her room. But true love prevailed, and the young… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“As he catches my eye he beams at me, his dark face bright with affection. Anyone can see it who cares to… — 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
