“The king is a saint and cannot rule, and his son is a devil and should not.” — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“They arouse in themselves a wild vicious hunger more like animals than men. I did not know that war was like this.” — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“All the people speak of a hero like a ghost or a sleeping saint, or a pretender. It would almost make you… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“My father says there are more than twenty thousand turned out for the king. It seems that most men think that we… — 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
“I understand now why they break into convents, force women against their will, defy sanctuary to finish the killing chase. They arouse… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“I am going to be Queen of England,' I protest. 'You make it sound like a battle to the death.' 'It is… — 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
War does not answer war, war does not finish war. The only ending is peace. — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“When he told me that he would fight forever, I knew that he would have to be defeated.” — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“I will go to war should there ever be a cause I think worth dying for--and not before.” — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“This is a generation of men accustomed to warfare, inured to danger and familiar with cruelty.” — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“She smiles. “You know you can do nothing. What will be, will be. If there is a battle”—I gasp but her smile… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“All this is always for nothing," he says. "Don't you understand that yet? Every death is a pointless death; every battle should… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“If this is the will of God, it takes a strange and terrible shape. I did not know that the God of… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“I wil not heat treason from my own daughter What will you do behead me for treason? We are not an amry… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“This is what I feared would come; this is what I have dreaded. It is not very bright and honorable as you… — 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
