Philippa Gregory Short Quotes

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Good god what men can do to their brains when their cocks are hard.

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He is my brother. She is my sister. Come what will, they are my kin.

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Sometimes you cannot help what you hear, you cannot help what you see.

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The bird sings as if to say that delight is easy, for those who desire it

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War does not answer war, war does not finish war. The only ending is peace.

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Only fools wait when their enemies are coming, to see if they may prove to be friends.

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He had taken George, my beloved George, from me. And he had taken my other self: Anne.

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We might, either of us, be Queen of England and yet we'll always be nothing to our family.

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When a man wants a mystery, it is generally better to leave him mystified. Nobody loves a clever woman.

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Just because one man calls him Allah and another calls him God is no reason for believers to be enemies.

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In Spain," indeed! He would have got no closer than the Indies if I had not showed him how to do it. Stupid puppy.

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If there is love enough, then nothing-not nature, not even death itself- can come between two who love each other.

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Before anything else I was a woman who was capable of passion and who had a great need and a great desire for love.

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It is not love that matters, Mistress Boy, it is what you choose to do with it. What'd you choose to do with yours?

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He may well speak French and Latin and half a dozen languages, but since he has nothing to say – what good are they?

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Yes, but either way, shamed or not, I shall be Queen of England, and this is the last time you will sit in my presence.

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But young hearts mend easily, and hearts that own half of England have something better to do than to beat faster for love.

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Edward lives as if there is no tomorrow, Richard as if he wants no tomorrow, and George as though someone should give it to him for free.

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The truth is the last thing that matters,' she said. 'And you can believe one thing of the truth and me: I keep it well hidden, inside my heart.

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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 ruled by men.

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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 be french.

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Wealth means nothing at all if you do not know, to the last penny, what your fortune is. You might as well be poor if you do not know what you have.

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I put the charm bracelet away in the purse and return it to my jewel case. I don't need a spell to foresee the future; I am going to make it happen.

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I wanted the heat and the sweat and the passion of a man that I could love and trust. And I wanted to give myself to him: not for advantage, but for desire.

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In a way. Magic is the act of making a wish come about. Like praying, like plotting, like herbs, like exerting your will on the world, making something happen.

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