Good Evening , Sir John. I hope that you will accept a little gift from me.' I should be honored, Your Majesty.' I want to give you a little carved stool from my privy chambers. A pretty little piece from France. I hope you will like it.' I should be grateful.' It is for your daughter. For Jane. To sit on. She seems not to have a seat of her own but she must borrow mine.
Philippa GregoryI want to take you for pleasure, and hold you in my arms for desire. I want you to know that it is your kiss that I want, not another heir to the throne. You can know that I love you, quite for yourself, when I come to your bed, and not as the Yorkโs broodmare.โ I tilt back my head and look at him under my eyelashes. โYou think to bed me for love and not for children? Isnโt that sin?โ His arm comes around my waist and his palm cups my breast. โI shall make sure that it feels richly sinful,โ - Edward IV to Elizabeth Woodville -
Philippa GregoryI turn around from the window and for the first time I see him... It is Richard, smiling at my surprise. I run to him, without thinking what I am doing. I run to the first friendly face that I have seen since Christmas, and in a moment I am in his arms and he is holding me tightly and kissing my face, my closed eyes, my smiling mouth, kissing me till I am breathless and have to pull away from him.
Philippa GregoryEdward 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 GregoryIf there is love enough,then nothing-not nature, not even death itself- can come between two who love each other.
Philippa Gregory