Before anything else I was a woman who was capable of passion and who had a great need and a great desire for love.

In a way. Magic is the act of making a wish come about. Like praying, like plotting, like herbs, like exerting your will on the world, making something happen.

I would know you anywhere for my true love. Whoever I was and whoever you were, I would know you at once for my true love.

If there is love enough,then nothing-not nature, not even death itself- can come between two who love each other.

Being a stepmother has worked out very well for me. I love my stepchildren very much.

One never gets the same summer twice.

You can smile when your heart is breaking because you are a woman, and a courtier, and a Howard. That's three reasons for being the most deceitful creature on God's earth.