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  1. Philippa Gregory _ The White Queen

    She doesn't realize yet though men go to war it is the women who suffer--perhaps more than anyone.
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  2. Philippa Gregory _ The White Queen

    I am a woman with water in her veins and power in her breeding. I am a woman who makes things happen, and I am not defeated yet. I am not defeated by a boy with a newly won crown, and no man will ever walk away from me certain that he won't walk back.
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  3. Philippa Gregory _ The White Queen

    man will always promise more than he can do to a woman he cannot understand.
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  4. Philippa Gregory _ The White Queen

    I am going to be Queen of England,' I protest. 'You make it sound like a battle to the death.''It is a battle to the death,' she says simply. 'That is what it means to be Queen of England. You are not Melusina, rising from a fountain to easy happiness. You will not be a beautiful woman at court with nothing to do but make magic. The road you have chosen will mean that you have to spend your life scheming and fighting. Our task, as your family, is to make sure you win.
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  5. Philippa Gregory _ The White Queen

    When you raise a child and he becomes a man, you start to think that he is safe,
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  6. Philippa Gregory _ The White Queen

    think of his cupping my mother's cheek in his hand and telling her that she is the cleverest woman in England and he will be guided by none but her; and then going his own way.
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  7. Philippa Gregory _ The White Queen

    I don't want to help, I want to hinder. I adore your hair, I like to see it loose.
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  8. Philippa Gregory _ The White Queen

    the smell of him and the touch of his skin, I feel my desire for him rise again and we move together.
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  9. Philippa Gregory _ The White Queen

    They are girls to whom things happen, and they take it hard. But I bear myself as more than a silly girl. I am the daughter of a water goddess. I am a woman with water in her veins and power in her breeding. I am a woman who makes things happen, and I am not defeated yet. I am not defeated by a boy with a newly won crown, and no man will ever walk away from me certain that he won't walk back.
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  10. Philippa Gregory _ The White Queen

    You are not Melusina, rising from a fountain to easy happiness. You will not be a beautiful woman at court with nothing to do but make magic. The road you have chosen will mean that you have to spend your life scheming and fighting. Our task, as your family, is to make sure you win.
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  11. Philippa Gregory _ The White Queen

    Semmi sem betegít meg jobban egy országot, mint amikor saját népe tagjai harcolnak egymás ellen.
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  12. Philippa Gregory _ The White Queen

    I must say tonight my greatest hope is to die in my bed, at peace with the world, as an old man.
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