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.

Once more, I am watching the most powerful men in the kingdom bring their power to bear on a woman who has done nothing worse than live to the beat of her own heart, see with her own eyes; but this is not their tempo nor their vision and they cannot tolerate any other.

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

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.

When it's done, it's done. And no one will know until it's done.

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

True obedience can only happen when you secretly think you know better, and you choose to bow your head. Anything short of that is just agreement, and any ninny-in-waiting can agree.