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> [It usually takes me about three years to research and write one of my historical sagas; this is one reason why I take medieval mystery breaks, for they can be completed in only a year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/it-usually-takes-me-about-three-years-to-research-and-write-one-of-my/)

[Sharon Kay Penman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-kay-penman/)

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## More by Sharon Kay Penman

> [“Outside, the sky was clear, stars gleaming in its ebony vastness like celestial fireflies. It was bitterly cold, and Hywel's every breath trailed after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/outside-the-sky-was-clear-stars-gleaming-in-its-ebony-vastness-like/)

[Sharon Kay Penman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-kay-penman/)

> [“He'd never seen one so vibrant, though, or so vividly compelling... those glowing green eyes sparkling with sunlight and curiosity and silent laughter, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/he-d-never-seen-one-so-vibrant-though-or-so-vividly-compelling-those/)

[Sharon Kay Penman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-kay-penman/)

> [“We've schemed and fought and loved until we are so entangled in hearts and minds that there is no way to set us free.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/we-ve-schemed-and-fought-and-loved-until-we-are-so-entangled-in/)

[Sharon Kay Penman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-kay-penman/)

> [“You seem to forget, Dickon, that we are dealing with the Spider King. Louis realized, just as you have, that it would take more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/you-seem-to-forget-dickon-that-we-are-dealing-with-the-spider-king/)

[Sharon Kay Penman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-kay-penman/)

> [“I asked Simon if he’d ever feared that all our struggles, all our suffering might be in vain. Not a priest’s question, and he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/i-asked-simon-if-he-d-ever-feared-that-all-our-struggles-all-our/)

[Sharon Kay Penman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-kay-penman/)

> [In writing my historical novels, I have to rely upon my imagination to a great extent. I think of it as 'filling in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/in-writing-my-historical-novels-i-have-to-rely-upon-my-imagination-to/)

[Sharon Kay Penman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-kay-penman/)

> [“I once came upon a definition of history as ‘the process by which complex truths are transformed into simplified falsehoods’. That is particularly true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/i-once-came-upon-a-definition-of-history-as-the-process-by-which/)

[Sharon Kay Penman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-kay-penman/)

> [My novels about medieval Wales were set in unexplored terrain; my readers did not know what lay around every bend in the road.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/my-novels-about-medieval-wales-were-set-in-unexplored-terrain-my/)

[Sharon Kay Penman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-kay-penman/)

> [“Otherwise, I’d like nothing better than…conversing with you. You’re such a deep, penetrating conversationalist, after all,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/otherwise-i-d-like-nothing-better-than-conversing-with-you-you-re/)

[Sharon Kay Penman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-kay-penman/)

> [Poor Wales. So far from Heaven, so close to England.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/poor-wales-so-far-from-heaven-so-close-to-england/)

[Sharon Kay Penman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-kay-penman/)

> [“Richard grinned, very pleased with himself for having found a way to honor his mother, thwart his father, and serve God, while having a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/richard-grinned-very-pleased-with-himself-for-having-found-a-way-to/)

[Sharon Kay Penman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-kay-penman/)

> [I was actually born in New York City, but my family moved to Atlantic City when I was five, this being my dad's home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/i-was-actually-born-in-new-york-city-but-my-family-moved-to-atlantic/)

[Sharon Kay Penman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-kay-penman/)

> [“In time of war, the Devil makes more room in Hell.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/in-time-of-war-the-devil-makes-more-room-in-hell/)

[Sharon Kay Penman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-kay-penman/)

> [“You asked what the Londoners wanted of you, and he…he said ‘ballocks.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/you-asked-what-the-londoners-wanted-of-you-and-he-he-said-ballocks/)

[Sharon Kay Penman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-kay-penman/)

> [“...for he of all men knew how dangerously stubborn Henry Fitz Empress could be. There were faint bloodstains upon the tiles in Canterbury Cathedral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/for-he-of-all-men-knew-how-dangerously-stubborn-henry-fitz-empress/)

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