And โ I think you know, donโt you? โ that I love you, Anne.โ I feel as if I have been living in a loveless world for too long. The last tender face I saw was my fatherโs when he sailed for England. โYou do? Truly?โ โI do.โ He rises to his feet and pulls me up to stand beside him. My chin comes to his shoulder, we are both dainty, long-limbed, coltish: well-matched. I turn my face into his jacket. โWill you marry me?โ he whispers. โYes,โ I say.
Philippa GregoryWe might, either of us, be Queen of England and yet we'll always be nothing to our family.
Philippa GregoryWhen you pray, you know that you want something, that's always the first step. to let yourself know that you want something, that you yearn for it. sometimes that's the hardest thing to do. Because you have to have courage to know what you desire. You have to have courage to acknowledge that you are unhappy without it.
Philippa Gregory