“I prefer to be left alone with my books.”
“If only they would all just leave me alone with my books and my letters, I would be content to let life, and the world pass me by”
“You must pray to God for forgiveness because I can give you none”
“I cannot go with you all the way on your journey, but I would go as far as I might”
“I steel myself to ignore his taunts and his coarse language. I no longer care what he says or does. It doesn't matter anymore. I am detached, contained in my own private world where he cannot reach me. It is my last refuge.”
“But I wish you to know that, were I just Edward and you just Jane, I would prefer to marry you. We accord well together, and have similar views… Kings cannot make their own choices. I wished you to know that”
“His handsome face is suffused with rage. He stands before me shaking, then to my disgust, bursts into noisy tears; "I shall tell my mother of you!" he sobs and crashes out of the chamber”
“I will never give him the satisfaction of knowing how much he has wounded and enraged me. In my silence lies my strength.”
“My lady, for your virtue and goodness, God would receive you in rags.”
“There are too many Dudleys already in this world”
“Nobles and peasants marry early. Businessmen tend to wait.”
“God's greatest gift to man
In all the bounty He was moved to make
Throughout creation-the one gift the most
Close to his goodness and the one He calls
Most precious-is free will.”
“People who were perfectly sane on Tuesday sometimes go nuts on Wednesday.”
“Here's the hell of it: madness doesn't announce itself. There isn't time to prepare for its coming. It shows up without calling and sits in your kitchen ashing in your plant. You ask how long it plans to stay; it shrugs its shoulders, gets up, and starts digging through the fridge.”
“I would have done it for you in a heartbeat”
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