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“She has something else - a great deal else," said Alice Perrers' soft laughing voice from the corner, "and if you ladies are too stupid to see it, the men won't be. Thanks to God that the King is short-sighted, I can fill his entire vision - and shall.”
― Katherine
― Katherine
“That's why people loved stories so, I realized in that instant, because they found in them what was missing from their own lives, the things they knew, no matter how much or how hard they might hope and dream and scheme, they would never have.”
― The Queen's Pleasure
― The Queen's Pleasure
“I would have drawn and quartered him, and I hope you do," said Richard, his eyes sparkling.”
― Katherine
― Katherine
“But I’m not repentant!” The Duke’s voice rose suddenly high and passionate. “I love the woman—she is my life—all my bliss.”
― Katherine
― Katherine
“They had dismounted, laughing, amorous, and Katherine on finding a fairy ring of mushrooms in the grove had cried that by means of this enchantment on Midsummer Eve she would bind her love to her for ever, so that he might never once leave her side.”
― Katherine
― Katherine
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