Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregoryis an English historical novelist who has been writing since 1987. The best known of her works is The Other Boleyn Girl, which in 2002 won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association and has been adapted into two separate films...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth9 January 1954
rivals said born
I was born to be your rival,' she [Anne] said simply. 'And you mine. We're sisters, aren't we?
thinking agreement waiting
True obedience can only happen when you secretly think you know better, and you choose to bow your head. Anything short of that is just agreement, and any ninny-in-waiting can agree.
mother queens kings
Yes, Your Grace," I correct her. "I am My Lady, the King's Mother, now, and you shall curtsey to me, as low as to a queen of royal blood. This was my destiny: to put my son on the throne of England, and those who laughed at my visions and doubted my vocation will call me My Lady, the King's Mother, and I shall sign myself Margaret Regina: Margaret R.
want-something unhappy desire
When 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.
queens way lasts
Yes, but either way, shamed or not, I shall be Queen of England, and this is the last time you will sit in my presence.
daughter rights age
Tell my daughter Elizabeth -- no! Tell all my daughters, everywhere, in all the ages yet to come. Tell them how I died, and why. And tell them to remember this: the future is unwritten. Know your rights.
grace done ifs
If it has to be done at all, it must be done with grace.
heart earth three
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.
boys mistress matter
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?
war answers doe
War does not answer war, war does not finish war. The only ending is peace.
heart half england
But young hearts mend easily, and hearts that own half of England have something better to do than to beat faster for love.
men world ifs
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.
ends fins commencement
En Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - In my end is my beginning.
my-true-love knows
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.