Peace Quote by Dorothy Dunnett

“1503  Scotland and England sign the Treaty of Everlasting Peace; it lasts ten years.”

— Gordon Kerr

“Because they will want me in Edinburgh to make sure that the Scottish king holds to the new alliance with England. They’ll want me…

— Philippa Gregory

“So there comes a moment when we turn and look at each other - England and Scotland - and realise we just want different…

— David Greig

“Scottish divisions were gathering up in expectation. A year’s worth of anticipation... and dread. Centuries’ worth of struggle. All of us waiting to offer…

— N. Gemini Sasson

“She wanted to ask about his late wife and the mistress he kept in London, to inquire about his reason for going to war.…

— Sophie Barnes

“If England wants a happy, well-fed aristocracy, she mustn't have wars. She can't have it both ways.”

— P G Wodehouse

“People don't get married just to have sex with each other. Not in the last 100 years or so. Even in England.”

— Ros Clarke

“Before, she’d envisioned their marriage as a battle waged between the two of them, where one triumphed and one surrendered, a contest for control…

— Glynnis Campbell

“Kidnapping is a national past time to these Scots and they do it for the sheer pleasure of making each other miserable.”

— Claire Robyns

“Peace: A period of cheating between two periods of fighting.”

— Ambrose Bierce

“Marriage, was, after all, the most critical business in Britain.”

— Sarah MacLean