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Woman Quotes by Philippa Gregory
- I had never seen a woman in such despair before. It was worse than death, it was a constant longing for death and a constant…
- You can smile when your heart is breaking because you're a woman.
- When a woman thinks her husband is a fool, her marriage is over. They may part in one year or ten; they may live together…
- A man will always promise to do more than he can do to a woman he cannot understand.
- It is no small thing, this, for a woman: freedom.
- She is Melusina, the water goddess, and she is found in hidden springs and waterfalls in any forest in Christendom, even in those as far…
- They say that at the mountain pass he looked back at his kingdom, his beautiful kingdom, and wept, and his mother told him to weep…
- Daniel, I did not knowwhat I wanted when I was agirl. And then I was a fool in every sense of the word. And now…
- She looked at me as if for a moment she would seek someone who would understand the dreadful predicament of a woman, in this world…
- Before anything else I was a woman who was capable of passion and who had a great need and a great desire for love.
- Every woman has to have something which singles her out, which catches the eyes, which makes her the center of attention. I am going to…
- You can smile when your heart is breaking because you are a woman, and a courtier, and a Howard. That's three reasons for being the…
- Plainly, she is quite besotted by him,... a girl, a young girl, and she is falling in love for the first time in her life.…
- Take care with your words, Jacquetta, especially in cursing. Only say the things you mean, make sure you lay your curse on the right man.…
- Once more, I am watching the most powerful men in the kingdom bring their power to bear on a woman who has done nothing worse…
- When a man wants a mystery, it is generally better to leave him mystified. Nobody loves a clever woman.
- For he loved her and he understood that a woman cannot always live as a man. He understood that she cannot always think as he…
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