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.

...you have to have faith that you are doing God's will. Sometimes you will not understand. Sometimes you will doubt. But if you are doing God's will, you can't be wrong, you can't go wrong.

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

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

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.

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

Some women attract desire. Others do not.