Philippa Gregory quotes

The world hasn't changed that much; men still rule. (Philippa Gregory)

If there is love enough, then nothing-not nature, not even death itself- can come between two who love each other.

Philippa Gregory

The truth is the last thing that matters,' she said. 'And you can believe one thing of the truth and me: I keep it well hidden, inside my heart.

Philippa Gregory

We're going' Anne said firmly. So soon?' Percy pleaded. 'But stars come out at night.' Then they fade at dawn', Anne replied. 'This star needs to veil herself in darkness.

Philippa Gregory

You can smile when your heart is breaking because you're a woman.

Philippa Gregory

I can't sleep, I can't eat, I can't do anything but think about him. At night I dream of him, all day I wait to see him, and when I do see him my heart turns over and I think I will faint with desire.

Philippa Gregory

You have to choose the best, every day, without compromise... guided by your own virtue and highest ambition.

Philippa Gregory

Being a stepmother has worked out very well for me. I love my stepchildren very much.

Philippa Gregory

I shall be dark and French and fashionable and difficult. And you shall be sweet and open and English and fair. What a pair we shall be! What man can resist us?

Philippa Gregory

He may well speak French and Latin and half a dozen languages, but since he has nothing to say – what good are they?

Philippa Gregory

Anyone can attract a man. The trick is to keep him. (Philippa Gregory)

I am too dark in my heart tonight.

Philippa Gregory

Tell my daughter Elizabeth -- no! Tell all my daughters, everywhere, in all the ages yet to come. Tell them how I died, and why. And tell them to remember this: the future is unwritten. Know your rights.

Philippa Gregory

I have seen sights and travelled in countries you cannot imagine. I have been afraid and I have been in danger, and I have never for one moment thought that I would throw myself at at a man for his help.

Philippa Gregory

I have learned the power of surviving.

Philippa Gregory

It is no small thing, this, for a woman: freedom.

Philippa Gregory

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

Wealth means nothing at all if you do not know, to the last penny, what your fortune is. You might as well be poor if you do not know what you have.

Philippa Gregory

The sons of York will destroy each other, one brother destroying another, uncles devouring nephews, fathers beheading sons. They are a house which has to have blood, and they will shed their own if they have no other enemy.

Philippa Gregory

Every woman has to have something which singles her out, which catches the eyes, which makes her the center of attention. I am going to be french.

Philippa Gregory

Oh yes. Draw your hem back from my mud, little sister. (Philippa Gregory)

En Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - In my end is my beginning.

Philippa Gregory

Some women attract desire. Others do not.

Philippa Gregory

When it's done, it's done. And no one will know until it's done.

Philippa Gregory

When they launch snakes you'll have your namesake.

Philippa Gregory

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Philippa Gregory

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Occupation: British Writer
Born: January 9, 1954
Quotes count: 57

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