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# Sharon Kay Penman

(1945–2021)   Novelist   United States

 **98** quotes in **451** categories

Sharon paints a night sky where stars gleam like celestial fireflies. She relies on imagination to fill the blanks of medieval Wales, creating worlds readers have never seen. She also describes vivid characters, such as eyes that sparkle with curiosity and silent laughter.

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Sharon Kay Penman was a novelist from the United States, best known for *Time and Chance*.

## Quick Facts About Sharon Kay Penman

Born August 13, 1945

Died January 22, 2021

Nationality United States

Profession Novelist

Notable works Time and Chance

## About Sharon Kay Penman

Sharon Kay Penman was an American historical novelist, published in the UK as Sharon Penman. She was best known for the Welsh Princes Trilogy and the Plantagenet series. In addition, she wrote four medieval mysteries, the first of which, The Queen's Man, was a finalist in 1996 for the Best First Mystery Edgar Award.

##  Quotes by Sharon Kay Penman

> [“All that is missing is the dancing bear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/all-that-is-missing-is-the-dancing-bear/)

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[Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bear/)

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> [There is nothing worse than an enemy with imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/there-is-nothing-worse-than-an-enemy-with-imagination/)

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[Creativity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creativity/)

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> [For every wound, the ointment of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/for-every-wound-the-ointment-of-time/)

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[Ointment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ointment/)

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> [“She might be that most unfortunate of women, a barren queen,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/she-might-be-that-most-unfortunate-of-women-a-barren-queen/)

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[Barren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barren/)

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> [“I would look dreadful in black.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/i-would-look-dreadful-in-black/)

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[Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/)

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> [“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/)

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[Devil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/)

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> [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/)

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[England](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/england/)

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> [Men kill for many reasons, they steal but for one-greed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/men-kill-for-many-reasons-they-steal-but-for-one-greed/)

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[Greed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/greed/)

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> [During the day, memories could be held at bay, but at night, dreams became the devil's own accomplices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/during-the-day-memories-could-be-held-at-bay-but-at-night-dreams/)

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[Accomplices](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accomplices/)

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> [“In my life, I've been both the besieged and the besieged, and I know damned well which I prefer!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/in-my-life-i-ve-been-both-the-besieged-and-the-besieged-and-i-know/)

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[Battles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/battles/)

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> [I'd not want to answer for the lives of other men; not at seventeen, by God's Grace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/i-d-not-want-to-answer-for-the-lives-of-other-men-not-at-seventeen-by/)

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[Answers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/answers/)

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> […she remembered watching a summer sunset from this very spot. Not so long ago; just a lifetime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/she-remembered-watching-a-summer-sunset-from-this-very-spot-not-so/)

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[Lifetime](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lifetime/)

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> [“Memory is merciful, Joanna, more so than man. It fades past pain, yet holds bright the colors in recalled joy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/memory-is-merciful-joanna-more-so-than-man-it-fades-past-pain-yet/)

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[Memory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/memory/)

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> [“...Life without sinning was like food without salt, pure but tasteless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/life-without-sinning-was-like-food-without-salt-pure-but-tasteless/)

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[England](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/england/)

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> [“There's not a man alive who doesn't know fear, Dickon. The brave man is the one who has learned to hide it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/there-s-not-a-man-alive-who-doesn-t-know-fear-dickon-the-brave-man-is/)

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[Brave man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brave-man/)

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> [Forget the threat of Hell's infernal flames. The true torture would condemn a man to wait and wait and wait - for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/forget-the-threat-of-hell-s-infernal-flames-the-true-torture-would/)

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[Eternity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eternity/)

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

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[Actually](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actually/)

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> [Men are born to sin…What does matter most, is not that we err, it is that we do benefit from our mistakes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/men-are-born-to-sin-what-does-matter-most-is-not-that-we-err-it-is/)

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[Benefits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/benefits/)

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> [“The Lancastrian army had been on the march for fully fifteen hours, had managed to cover twenty-four miles in that dash for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/the-lancastrian-army-had-been-on-the-march-for-fully-fifteen-hours/)

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[Thirty Miles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thirty-miles-546027/)

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> [It was just like him, she thought; with him, a happy ending was always a foregone conclusion. But such was the power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/it-was-just-like-him-she-thought-with-him-a-happy-ending-was-always-a/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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

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[Adventure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adventure/)

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> [Many people don't know that New Jersey is a fertile breeding ground for writers, some of them quite renowned. And I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/many-people-don-t-know-that-new-jersey-is-a-fertile-breeding-ground/)

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[Breeding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breeding/)

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> [“I know you do not care much for such revelries, but trust me—this one you will enjoy, Harry. You and I will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/i-know-you-do-not-care-much-for-such-revelries-but-trust-me-this-one/)

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[Eating humble pie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eating-humble-pie/)

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> [I do not set specific work hours as some writers do. I generally stay with a chapter until I am satisfied, do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/i-do-not-set-specific-work-hours-as-some-writers-do-i-generally-stay/)

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[Am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/am/)

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> [Whenever I've had to tamper with history for plot purposes, I make sure to mention that in my author's note, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/whenever-i-ve-had-to-tamper-with-history-for-plot-purposes-i-make/)

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[Also](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/also/)

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> [“Hell and furies!" Eleanor had begun to pace, her skirts swirling about her ankles. "What was he thinking?" "When does he ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/hell-and-furies-eleanor-had-begun-to-pace-her-skirts-swirling-about/)

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[Gaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gaze/)

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> [“He’d passed the longest night of his life locked in mortal combat with his ghosts, calling up and then disavowing twenty years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/he-d-passed-the-longest-night-of-his-life-locked-in-mortal-combat/)

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[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

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> [“The last time Ranulf had run into Sulien, the older man had called him a misbegotten English Judas and spat onto the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/the-last-time-ranulf-had-run-into-sulien-the-older-man-had-called-him/)

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[Humour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humour/)

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> [Respect can be as elusive as the unicorn. I know something of this because I write books that are set in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/respect-can-be-as-elusive-as-the-unicorn-i-know-something-of-this/)

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[About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/)

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> [“Messages continued to arrive from the Earl of Warwick, urging Londoners to hold firm for King Harry. Marguerite d'Anjou and her son…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/messages-continued-to-arrive-from-the-earl-of-warwick-urging/)

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[Harry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/harry/)

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> [I feel that historical novelists owe it to our readers to try to be as historically accurate as we can with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/i-feel-that-historical-novelists-owe-it-to-our-readers-to-try-to-be/)

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[Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/)

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> [“John, watching in dismay, saw his great chance slipping through his fingers, and he swung around to demand of his father, “Papa,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/john-watching-in-dismay-saw-his-great-chance-slipping-through-his/)

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[Father](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father/)

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> [“I would see him, Edward.' It was no request; he knew it to be an ultimatum. He shook his head violently, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/i-would-see-him-edward-it-was-no-request-he-knew-it-to-be-an/)

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[Time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/)

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> [“All he wanted was enough time to consider all his options without being dragged into his household’s petty squabbles or being nagged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/all-he-wanted-was-enough-time-to-consider-all-his-options-without/)

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[Enough time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enough-time/)

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

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[Holy land](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/holy-land/)

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> [“I am not going to let him win, Guillaume. Not this time. I could not keep him from making my mother pay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/i-am-not-going-to-let-him-win-guillaume-not-this-time-i-could-not/)

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[Determination](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/determination/)

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> [“He could still remember how breathtakingly beautiful Eleanor was that day. He'd have been content to gaze into her eyes for hours,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/he-could-still-remember-how-breathtakingly-beautiful-eleanor-was-that/)

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[Beautiful Eleanor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful-eleanor-530739/)

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> [“They had gathered at Eastcheap to wait. At this time of day, the marketplace ought to have been thronged with people looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/they-had-gathered-at-eastcheap-to-wait-at-this-time-of-day-the/)

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[Common purpose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/common-purpose/)

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> [“I think the day might come, Bess, when all men will know of Dickon is what they were told by Tudor historians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/i-think-the-day-might-come-bess-when-all-men-will-know-of-dickon-is/)

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[Richard-iii](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/richard-iii-2/)

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> [I'd just rather not reap a crop every year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/i-d-just-rather-not-reap-a-crop-every-year/)

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                        "text": "“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 shamed me by his answer, by the shining certainty of his faith. He said no, my lady, and then he told me of a cave he’d found whilst in the Holy Land. It was said to have magical powers; a man could shout and long after it had died away, it echoed back as if from the very bowels of the earth. Simon had so marveled at it that he’d never forgotten it. And that night in Hereford Castle, he said that whilst it might seem as if we were but shouting into the wind, our echoes, too, would come back in time, echoes to hearten the godly and haunt kings. He laughed then, but he believed it, my lady, and I found I believed, too.”",
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                        "text": "“I am not going to let him win, Guillaume. Not this time. I could not keep him from making my mother pay the price for our failed rebellion. Fifteen years she has been his prisoner, fifteen years! And she is his prisoner, for all that she no longer wants for a queen’s comforts. I have had to submit to his demands and subject myself to his whims and endure the indignity of having him brandish the crown before me as he would tease a dog with a bone. But no more. I will not let him rob me of my birthright, and I will not let him keep me from honoring my vow to defend the Holy Land. I do think he is behind that very opportune rebellion in my duchy, and I would not put it past him to be conniving with the Count of Toulouse, either. And if by chance he did not, it is only because he did not think of it. No, a reckoning is long overdue, and we will have it at Bonsmoulins.”",
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