Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregoryis an English historical novelist who has been writing since 1987. The best known of her works is The Other Boleyn Girl, which in 2002 won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association and has been adapted into two separate films...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth9 January 1954
want-something unhappy desire
When you pray, you know that you want something, that's always the first step. to let yourself know that you want something, that you yearn for it. sometimes that's the hardest thing to do. Because you have to have courage to know what you desire. You have to have courage to acknowledge that you are unhappy without it.
queens way lasts
Yes, but either way, shamed or not, I shall be Queen of England, and this is the last time you will sit in my presence.
daughter rights age
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.
grace done ifs
If it has to be done at all, it must be done with grace.
heart earth three
You can smile when your heart is breaking because you are a woman, and a courtier, and a Howard. That's three reasons for being the most deceitful creature on God's earth.
boys mistress matter
It is not love that matters, Mistress Boy, it is what you choose to do with it. What’d you choose to do with yours?
war answers doe
War does not answer war, war does not finish war. The only ending is peace.
heart half england
But young hearts mend easily, and hearts that own half of England have something better to do than to beat faster for love.
men world ifs
She looked at me as if for a moment she would seek someone who would understand the dreadful predicament of a woman, in this world ruled by men.
ends fins commencement
En Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - In my end is my beginning.
my-true-love knows
I would know you anywhere for my true love. Whoever I was and whoever you were, I would know you at once for my true love.
stars night delight
Stars in the night,' he said. 'Something something something something, some delight
stars night darkness
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.
looks i-smile look-at-me
When they see us dance. When they see how you look at me. When they see how I smile at you.