"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."

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Source : Philippa Gregory (2013). “The White Queen”, p.62, Simon and Schuster

Philippa Gregory

#Men Quotes #Giving Quotes #Wanted Quotes

“Ardent love or desire introduced, as passionately longing to please and glorify the Divine Being, to be in every respect conformed to him, and in that way to enjoy him.”
“When people don't get enough information, they make it up.”
“Silent solitude makes true speech possible and personal. If I am not in touch with my own belovedness, then I cannot touch the sacredness of others. If I am estranged from myself, I am likewise a stranger to others.”
“Women rely on friends. ... That's where we draw sustenance and find safety. We can count on our women friends when we need a good laugh or a good cry.”

Source : Cokie Roberts (1998). “We Are Our Mothers' Daughters”
“There is no reader so parochial as the one who reads none but this morning's books. Books are not rolls, to be devoured only when they are hot and fresh. A good book retains its interior heat and will warm a generation yet unborn.”
“In the United States women develop MS at approximately twice the rate men do, and no one can explain why women are affected most often from the waist down”
“...the characters in my books all resemble each other. They live, with minor variations, the same moments, the same perils, and when I speak of them, my language, which is inspired by them, repeats the same poems in the same tone.”
“I'm still doing me. I try to come up with different concept for my shows, you gotta keep the people interested, but I'm still me.”

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