Mariana Lamberti

“It’s a fool who is afraid of nothing,” I say. “And a brave man is one who knows fear and rides out and faces it.”
― Philippa Gregory, The White Queen

“You have always regarded women as disposable, my lord, and you cannot complain if in the end they think the same of you.”
― Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies

“Then life taught me a harder lesson, beloved: it is better to forgive an enemy than destroy him.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Constant Princess

“It matters also that both Henry and his daughter Elizabeth were not just rulers but consummate performers, masters of political propaganda and political theater. They”
― G.J. Meyer, The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty