Nataša

“I cannot know what the future will bring us," he says in a rapid undertone. "I cannot know where you will be given in marriage, nor what life might hold for me. But I can't let you go without telling you--without telling you at least once--that I love you."

I snatch a breath at the words. "Woodville--"

"I can offer you nothing; I am next to nothing, and you are the greatest lady in France. But I wanted you to know, I love you and I want you, and I have done since the day I first saw you."

"I should--"

"I have to tell you, you have to know. I have loved you honorably as a knight should do his lady, and I have loved you passionately as a man might a woman; and now, before I leave you, I want to tell you that I love you, I love you--" He breaks off and looks at me desperately. "I had to tell you," he repeats.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Lady of the Rivers

“Seduce me. Write letters to me. And poems, I love poems. Ravish me with your words. Seduce me.”
― Anne Boleyn

“PREDOSEĆANJE

Poznala sam te kad sneg se topi,
topi, i duva vetar mlak.
Blizina proleća dušu mi opi,
opi, pa žudno udisah zrak.
S nežnošću gledah stopa ti trag,
trag po snegu belom;
i znadoh da ćeš biti mi drag,
drag u životu celom.

Poznala sam te u zvonak dan,
dan pijan, svež i mek.
Činjaše mi se već davno znan,
znan kad te poznadoh tek.
S nežnošću gledah stopa ti trag,
trag po snegu belom;
i znadoh da ćeš biti mi drag,
drag u životu celom.

Poznala sam te kad kopni led,
led, dok se budi proletnji dah;
kad dan je čas rumen, čas setan, bled,
kad sretno se i tužno u isti mah.
S nežnošću gledah stopa ti trag,
trag po snegu belom;
i znadoh da ćeš biti mi drag,
drag u životu celom.”
― Desanka Maksimović

“Before anything else I was a woman who was capable of passion and who had a great need and a great desire for love.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl