"When I was 14 and living in London,……" — Jean Plaidy
"When I was 14 and living in London, I'd go around Hampton Court Palace with its marvelous atmosphere, through the gateway where Ann Boleyn walked, the haunted gallery down which Katherine Howard ran. It all set me going. It all started from there."
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Jean Plaidy
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13 Quotes by Jean Plaidy
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It is the people who have no say in making wars who suffer from the consequences of them.
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It is to live that requires courage, not to die....
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I consider myself extremely lucky to have been born and raised in London, and to have had on my doorstep…
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I found that married life gave me the necessary freedom to follow an ambition which had been with me since…
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We spent the first night of our honeymoon in a country hotel, with Tudor architecture oak beams, and floors which…
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Gentlemen, if my love for you equaled my ignorance of everything concerning you, it would indeed be unbounded.
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How stupid lovers can be! But if they were not, there would be no story.
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I really believe there are some people who hate to contemplate the happiness of others.
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I was always amused by the prayers of the saintly. “God do this, God don’t do that.” I thought God…
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But our lives were not as they seemed, were they, Sophia? No one's life ever is.
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Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.
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One should not brood on the past, one must hope for the future.
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