Philippa Gregory - The White Queen (2009)

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He promised her that he would give her everything, everything she wanted, as men in love always do. And she trusted him despite herself, as women in love always do.

Philippa Gregory

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

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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 thought, walk as he walked, breathe the air that he took in. She would always be a different being from him, listening to a different music, hearing a different sound, familiar with a different element.

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The sons of York will destroy each other, one brother destroying another, uncles devouring nephews, fathers beheading sons. They are a house which has to have blood, and they will shed their own if they have no other enemy.

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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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