She looked at me as if for a moment she would seek someone who would understand the dreadful predicament of a woman, in this world ruled by men.

...you have to have faith that you are doing God's will. Sometimes you will not understand. Sometimes you will doubt. But if you are doing God's will, you can't be wrong, you can't go wrong.

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

When they see us dance. When they see how you look at me. When they see how I smile at you.

Although some people think I am a romantic novelist I have always thought of myself as a rather gritty radical historian.

It is not love that matters, Mistress Boy, it is what you choose to do with it. What’d you choose to do with yours?

Edward lives as if there is no tomorrow, Richard as if he wants no tomorrow, and George as though someone should give it to him for free.