Kim Hakkenberg

“If only the Fates had granted him a longer stay in this”
― Alison Weir, Katherine of Aragon, the True Queen

“In November, the trees are standing all sticks and bones. Without their leaves, how lovely they are, spreading their arms like dancers. They know it is time to be still.”
― Cynthia Rylant, In November

“There's this part in A CIRCLE OF QUIET where Madeleine (L'Engle) writes about how the more limited our language is, the more it restricts our power to think.”
― Kim Fay, Kate & Frida

“This was the culmination of all her hopes. God had seen fit to answer her prayers, and she was filled to the brim with thankfulness. She was to be Queen of England, raised by this magnificent young man to be the bride of his heart and the mother of his heirs. Those who had scorned he and tried to humiliate her would now have to defer to her - she tried not to relish the prospect, but she was only human. The days of want were gone for good; very shortly she wold be the wife of the richest king ever to reign in England.”
― Alison Weir, Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen