Quotes of Philippa Gregory - somelinesforyou

“ Some of us are born to a solitary life. ”

- Philippa Gregory

“ 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

“ I can't sleep, I can't eat, I can't do anything but think about him. At night I dream of him, all day I wait to see him, and when I do see him my heart turns over and I think I will faint with desire. ”

- 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

“ I have given my word that only death will take me from you. ”

- Philippa Gregory

“ Do you not think that God will protect us?” “No,” he said flatly. “My experience is that He rarely attends to the obvious. ”

- Philippa Gregory

“ 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. ”

- 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

“ When they see us dance. When they see how you look at me. When they see how I smile at you. ”

- Philippa Gregory

“ We're going' Anne said firmly. So soon?' Percy pleaded. 'But stars come out at night.' Then they fade at dawn', Anne replied. 'This star needs to veil herself in darkness. ”

- Philippa Gregory

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

- Philippa Gregory

“ Stars in the night,' he said. 'Something something something something, some delight ”

- Philippa Gregory

“ I have given my word that only death will take me from you. ”

- Philippa Gregory

“ Poor little girl. Poor little girl," Nan says, and at first I think she is speaking of the baby, perhaps it is a girl after all. But then I realize she is speaking of me, a girl of thirteen years, whose own mother has said that they can let her die as long as a son and heir is born. ”

- Philippa Gregory

“ This is what I feared would come; this is what I have dreaded. It is not very bright and honorable as you have always thought it; it is not like a ballad. It is a muddle and a mess, and a sinful waste, and good men have died and more will follow. ”

- Philippa Gregory

“ Men die in battle; women die in childbirth. ”

- Philippa Gregory

“ The baby should always be saved in preference to the mother. That is the advice of the Holy Church, you know that. I was only reminding women of their duty. There is no need to make everything so personal, Margaret. You make everything into your own tragedy. ”

- Philippa Gregory
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