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“For he loved her and he understood that a woman cannot always live as a man. He understood that she cannot always think as he thought, walk as he walked, breathe the air that he took in. She would always be a different being from him, listening to a different music, hearing a different sound, familiar with a different element.”
― Philippa Gregory, The White Queen

“I am not a yard of ribbon. I am not a leg of ham. I am not for sale to anyone.”
― Philippa Gregory, The White Queen

“He promised her that he would give her everything, everything she wanted, as men in love always do. And she trusted him despite herself, as women in love always do.”
― Philippa Gregory, The White Queen

“A man will always promise to do more than he can do to a woman he cannot understand.”
― Philippa Gregory, The White Queen