I put the charm bracelet away in the purse and return it to my jewel case. I don't need a spell to foresee the future; I am going to make it happen.

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

Oh yes. Draw your hem back from my mud, little sister.

Take care with your words, Jacquetta, especially in cursing. Only say the things you mean, make sure you lay your curse on the right man. For be very sure that when you put such words out in the world they can overshoot-like an arrow, a curse can go beyond your target and harm another. A wise woman curses very sparingly.

Only fools wait when their enemies are coming, to see if they may prove to be friends.

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

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