I never thought it would end like this. I never thought he would leave me without saying goodbye.
Philippa GregoryHe may well speak French and Latin and half a dozen languages, but since he has nothing to say – what good are they?
Philippa GregoryI turn around from the window and for the first time I see him... It is Richard, smiling at my surprise. I run to him, without thinking what I am doing. I run to the first friendly face that I have seen since Christmas, and in a moment I am in his arms and he is holding me tightly and kissing my face, my closed eyes, my smiling mouth, kissing me till I am breathless and have to pull away from him.
Philippa GregoryI had never seen a woman in such despair before. It was worse than death, it was a constant longing for death and a constant rejection of life. She lived like darkness in her own day.
Philippa Gregory