One never gets the same summer twice.

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.

I wanted the heat and the sweat and the passion of a man that I could love and trust. And I wanted to give myself to him: not for advantage, but for desire.

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

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

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

We might, either of us, be Queen of England and yet we'll always be nothing to our family.