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I am, at this moment, what I have always been to him: an object of beauty. He has never loved me as a woman. — Philippa Gregory

I am a queen" she observes. "It is natural that men are going to gather round me, hoping for a smile. — Philippa Gregory

I was born to be your rival,' she [Anne] said simply. 'And you mine. We're sisters, aren't we? — Philippa Gregory

I would rather see you dead at my feet than dishonored. — Philippa Gregory

When I was a child I wanted to be a vet. I'd come home with "lost" kittens and dogs. My mother would tell me to put them back. — Philippa Gregory

It is always harder to make time for the truly precious experiences; there is always the ordinary to do. — Philippa Gregory

Don't waste your courage on hating him. Keep yourself to yourself. And keep up your courage. — Philippa Gregory

Have learned that the most precious thing is a place where you can be as you are, where someone can see you as your true self. — Philippa Gregory

I don't want to help, I want to hinder. I adore your hair, I like to see it loose. — Philippa Gregory

She's like an anchor that he has forgotten, but still it keeps him steady. — Philippa Gregory

And now I want love. Lust is no good for me. I want love. His love. — Philippa Gregory

When he told me that he would fight forever, I knew that he would have to be defeated. — Philippa Gregory

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. — Philippa Gregory

I'm utterly indifferent to Kate Middleton's baby. — Philippa Gregory

We were a quartet of idiots trying to look suave. — Philippa Gregory

A steady love, a faithful love, a wife's love is the best. — Philippa Gregory

Scowling with worry. Come at once, he's — Philippa Gregory

Much commented on. I have three new hoods to match, which — Philippa Gregory

Any woman who dares to make her own destiny will always put herself in danger. — Philippa Gregory

I like writing historical fiction. — Philippa Gregory

I think my heart has broken, but I have offered the fragments to God. — Philippa Gregory

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Never see them again. Surely, a couple so young, so — Philippa Gregory

Although some people think I am a romantic novelist I have always thought of myself as a rather gritty radical historian. — Philippa Gregory

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? — Philippa Gregory

If He were not God, then one would think it very badly planned. — Philippa Gregory

I knew that I was smiling her smile, that she was a dark mirror to me. — Philippa Gregory

I try to go to the gym three times a week, and I swim, too. — Philippa Gregory

Anyone can attract a man. The trick is to keep him. — Philippa Gregory

Sometimes you cannot help what you hear, you cannot help what you see. — Philippa Gregory

I will learn to smile at my enemies. — Philippa Gregory

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. — Philippa Gregory

King himself is as sunny as the mornings. He declares that he is well again, much better, — Philippa Gregory

This child could not command a pet dove.
Harsh but true, lol! — Philippa Gregory

Grief had refined her girlish prettiness, she had the clear decided looks of a woman who had seen her hopes destroyed. — Philippa Gregory

I have overturned the order. Nothing will ever be the same for any woman in this country again. — Philippa Gregory

Every woman is a mad ugly bad old witch somewhere in her heart. — Philippa Gregory

I am not a yard of ribbon. I am not a leg of ham. I am not for sale to anyone. — Philippa Gregory

People always make up stories about princesses. It comes to us with the crown. We have to carry it as lightly as we can. — Philippa Gregory

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

Personally, I don't think that having a water goddess for an ancestress is a guarantee of freedom against seasickness, nor come to that, shipwreck. — Philippa Gregory

Dinner was a meal where good manners overlaid discomfort. — Philippa Gregory

He pauses, his smile warm. "I — Philippa Gregory

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Being a stepmother has worked out very well for me. I love my stepchildren very much. — Philippa Gregory

She has a smile that grows slowly and then shines, like an angel's smile. — Philippa Gregory

The common people only see weakness where there is greatness of spirit. — Philippa Gregory

I had a small looking glass on the wall and I stood before it and gazed at my own reflection. — Philippa Gregory

There is nothing that sickens a country more than its own people fighting against one another. It destroys families; it is killing us daily. — Philippa Gregory

She's a Boleyn and a Howard,"I said frankly."Underneath the great name, we 're all bitches on heat. — Philippa Gregory

He was such a happy boy, and happiness is not memorable. — Philippa Gregory

The scene had been a nightmare, one of those insane nightmares where the most normal objects become infinitely menacing. — Philippa Gregory

She tried to live like an ordinary woman, but some women cannot live an ordinary life. — Philippa Gregory

You have to choose the best, every day, without compromise ... guided by your own virtue and highest ambition — Philippa Gregory

I am fit to capture a unicorn, and I should not be so questioned ... — Philippa Gregory

But to tell you the truth, it is the same for me. I am as envious of her as she is of me. But I have seen her rise and rise. — Philippa Gregory

He treats her as if he would spare her any fatigue, as if he has dedicated his life to her happiness. — Philippa Gregory

A single man's imperfect conscience can never be superior to centuries of tradition. — Philippa Gregory

But I want to be loved. I have always been loved. I want my husband to love me with a passion, like in a troubadour tale, like a knight. — Philippa Gregory

The world hasn't changed that much; men still rule. — Philippa Gregory

He bares his yellow teeth in a smile at me. 'Everyone is always our enemy,' he says. 'But right now, we are winning. — Philippa Gregory

How should I forget them? They are around me like wasps around a honeypot. — Philippa Gregory

He has lost his print upon the earth; he has lost any fire. — Philippa Gregory

Discover new countries, and bring back wealth. My work is closer to home. I build, I establish, — Philippa Gregory

I would know you anywhere for my true love. Whoever I was and whoever you were, I would know you at once for my true love. — Philippa Gregory

We fell asleep wrapped in each other as if we could not bear to part, even in sleep we could not bear to let each other go. — Philippa Gregory

At the end of the day, I'm writing in a genre that isn't highly regarded. — Philippa Gregory

I don't shop as much as a lot of people but I do like designer clothes. — Philippa Gregory

Stars in the night,' he said. 'Something something something something, some delight — Philippa Gregory

I believe that to be a free woman is to be both passionate and intelligent; and I am a free woman at last. — Philippa Gregory

Them till the very last moment, and then what did I do but protect the family from — Philippa Gregory

For Harry Potter I have all the time in the world. — Philippa Gregory

I never thought it would end like this. I never thought he would leave me without saying goodbye. — Philippa Gregory

For who could resist a woman who could fall from being queen to commoner and yet still carry herself as if greatness was within? — Philippa Gregory

Any ninny with an honest heart, a scheming family, and an open purse can do that. — Philippa Gregory

My honour and my pride are in my heart, and not in what the world says. — Philippa Gregory

One never gets the same summer twice. — Philippa Gregory

She can speak three languages, but she can tell the truth in none of them. — Philippa Gregory

It's as if our name is both our greatest pride and our curse," I say. — Philippa Gregory

I was born to be Queen of England and mother of the next King of England. I have to fulfill my destiny, it is my God-given destiny. — Philippa Gregory

I am in the interesting position of being sometimes skimmed by the critics and called literature and sometimes called historical fiction. — Philippa Gregory

All that that I learn just teaches me that I know nothing. — Philippa Gregory

This is the greatest — Philippa Gregory

They are a couple in love, and anyone but a fool would see it is simply that, nothing more- and certainly nothing less. — Philippa Gregory

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

I will go to war should there ever be a cause I think worth dying for
and not before. — Philippa Gregory

If it means something to you,then take it to heart. If it means nothing, it means nothing, let it go. — Philippa Gregory

Insane", he says simply. "Hopeless. The king is a saint and cannot rule, and his son his a devil and should not. — Philippa Gregory

When they see us dance. When they see how you look at me. When they see how I smile at you. — Philippa Gregory

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

Jane had gone to pray for the dead queen, Anne would dance on her grave. The — Philippa Gregory

I don't think your God has ever advised you otherwise. You hear only what you want. He only ever commands your preferences. — Philippa Gregory

What better way could they spend the last days of the world, than falling in love? — Philippa Gregory

She was like a mother to me ... and I betrayed as a daughter will betray her mother and yet, never stop loving her. — Philippa Gregory

If I could change one thing about myself I'd be less highly strung. I find my sensibility quite high maintenance. — Philippa Gregory

I am marrying the finest man I have ever known." "It will cost you dear," he warns. "It would be worse to lose him. — Philippa Gregory

I don't much like Singapore. It's very big, very modern and very urbanised. As a rule, I prefer older places where you get a sense of the history. — Philippa Gregory

Fortune's wheel takes you very high and then throws you very low, and there is nothing you can do but face the turn of it with courage. — Philippa Gregory

Ah, Hannah, you have never longed to live as I long to live if you do not know that another day is the most precious thing. — Philippa Gregory

Learning is an ornament to a good woman, not a distraction. — Philippa Gregory