Henry v Quote by Honore de Balzac

“It was nothing to her, that an innocent man was to die for the sins of his forefathers; she saw, not him, but them.…

— Charles Dickens

she would die as she had lived, with an axe in her hand and a laugh upon her lips.

— George R. R. Martin

For he was aware of the great secret of life: Women don't look for handsome men. Women look for men who have had beautiful…

— Milan Kundera

These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for…

— Bible

“It was hard for them to accuse their wives of infidelity when their rival was an invisible man.”

— Diane Wakoski

She would have been a very remarkable woman, if she had not been an old maid.

— Thomas Nelson Page

Elizabeth scowled, feeling like a nobody, a nothing. She felt like her entire self had been made worthless. She could change her interests, but…

— Francine Pascal

“Nothing would be the same for any woman in this country again. From this time onward no wife, however obedient, however loving, would be…

— Philippa Gregory

It had been an awful thing to lose Henry the first time, to matrimony, but to discover what a false front he was capable…

— Anna Godbersen

It all seemed a hollow sham now - that strict code, that conscientious virtue that condemned her to the sterile joys of pious women!…

— Emile Zola

The role of the disappointed lover of a maiden or of any single woman might be ridiculous; but the role of a man who…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Eventually, Anne was accused of incest and adultery and executed in May 1536. She had been queen for only a thousand days.”

— Charles River Editors