He may well speak French and Latin and half a dozen languages, but since he has nothing to say – what good are they?

One’s lover is one’s partner in observing and understanding the world. Marriage is a place where joint narratives are composed. If the lover is a liar then all your joint observations are unreliable. You will have to start all over again.

For Harry Potter I have all the time in the world.

If it means something, take it to heart. If it means nothing, it's nothing. Let it go.

It is no small thing, this, for a woman: freedom.

The truth is the last thing that matters,' she said. 'And you can believe one thing of the truth and me: I keep it well hidden, inside my heart.

Jane," I said quietly. She opened her eyes, she had been far away in prayer. "Yes, Mary? Forgive me, I was praying." "If you go on flirting with the king with those sickly little smiles, one of us Boleyns is going to scratch your eyes out.