Stars in the night,' he said. 'Something something something something, some delight
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 GregoryWe might, either of us, be Queen of England and yet we'll always be nothing to our family.
Philippa GregoryIf there is love enough,then nothing-not nature, not even death itself- can come between two who love each other.
Philippa GregoryTake 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.
Philippa Gregory